Kiama Vietnam vet: 'you never forget that horror'

By Glen Humphries
Updated August 18 2014 - 1:15pm, first published August 16 2014 - 1:23pm
Author and Vietnam veteran Gary McKay of Kiama Downs. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI
Author and Vietnam veteran Gary McKay of Kiama Downs. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI
Second Lieutenant Gary McKay in Vietnam during his tour of duty in 1971.
 A few years earlier, he had no idea where Vietnam was.
Second Lieutenant Gary McKay in Vietnam during his tour of duty in 1971. A few years earlier, he had no idea where Vietnam was.
Gary McKay back in Australia during his year-long recuperation after being shot in the shoulder during a battle in which Australian troops were seriously outnumbered.
Gary McKay back in Australia during his year-long recuperation after being shot in the shoulder during a battle in which Australian troops were seriously outnumbered.

Gary McKay never knew what the regular patrols through the jungles of Vietnam would bring.

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