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Wayne & Deby Kyle are the proud parents of Chris & Jeff Kyle. Wayne & Deby raised their sons in a country environment stressing the importance of values and ethics in everyone’s life. They also instilled in them patriotism and to stand and fight for the freedom that we have in our great nation.
The family of famed “American Sniper” Chris Kyle is sharing intimate stories to spread the word about the foundation created to keep Kyle’s memory alive by helping other veterans and first...
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The father of Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL who inspired “American Sniper,” says it was gut-wrenching watching the trial of the man who killed his son.
"Oh, gosh, it was horrible," Wayne Kyle told NBC’s Lester Holt in an exclusive interview, his first since the trial. “It’s just one of those deals that you just want to jump over the railing and, you know, kill him with your bare hands.”
Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed at a gun range in February 2013. Eddie Ray Routh, a troubled former Marine whom the two were trying to help, was convicted of murder this past February and sentenced to life without parole.
Chris Kyle left the Navy in 2009 and initially wrestled with post-traumatic stress. He told NBC News in a 2012 interview that he found purpose in helping other struggling veterans.
Wayne Kyle, though, worried about his son.
"I told him one time, I said, 'Son, I — I worry more about you as a civilian than when you were with the teams.' And he said, 'Why is that?' And I said, 'Because you were fully trained, highly skilled in what you did.' But I said, 'There’s no training to be a civilian.'"
•Chris Kyle's Killer Moved to Psychiatric Facility
•Ex-Marine Found Guilty of Murder
•Victim's Brother Says Killer a Disgrace
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Apr 3, 2015 · Now, with the trial behind him – and the media frenzy slowly subsiding – Chris Kyle’s father told NBC‘s Lester Holt on Thursday that he and his wife are simply “surviving.”
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Wayne Kyle and Deby Kyle, parents of United States Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, speak onstage with singer Kellie Pickler during the 2015 CMA Festival on June 13, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
Feb 2, 2013 · From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most sniper kills in United States military history. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much, they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”} and placed a bounty on his head.
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