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"The last 28 trips, thousands of people that we bombed, until I was 48 I couldn't sleep in my own bed with my wife," said McGee with tears in his eyes.

Reading his old logbook, he said, "We killed a lot of innocent people, that is not one of my proudest moments."

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"A lot of people, they ask you where you're wounded, no, check my body you won't find a wound. Check my mind, that's where the wounds are. We will never forget them, we've gotta do things different," he said, emotion choking him.

This is really sad. Props to him for talking about it.