Gary McKay tried to avoid being sent to war ... But as fate would have it, Gary wound up in Vietnam anyway as a rifle platoon commander – and earned a Military Cross for extraordinary bravery ...

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Least of all Gary McKay, MC, platoon commander in the last ... who was the last officer wounded and the last to receive the Military Cross in Vietnam, was in hospital when the bodies of the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than three decades after Gary McKay left war in Vietnam behind him, a visit back to the country to help locals find a mass ...

Gary McKay has documented what it's like for veterans to 'go back' in his book, where he shares the story of travelling to Vietnam with his daughter Kelly. This interview was first broadcast on 7 ...