Delta Four: Australian riflemen in Vietnam

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This is an account of a group of soldiers' experience of war as they served together in Vietnam. It is based on oral histories of 15 members of the last Australian rifle company to serve in the Vietnam War. It focuses on their training for war, their deployment to the war zone, their experiences in battle, and their return to Australia. Finally, it records the soldier's reactions on returning to Vietnam 20 years later when they toured their area of operations and met some of their former adversaries.

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Gary McKay served as a rifle platoon commander in Viet Nam and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. His time in Viet Nam was the basis of his bestselling 'In Good Company: One Man's War in Vietnam'. His second book, 'Vietnam Fragments', recently re-released as 'Bullets, Beans and Bandages' is an invaluable oral history of Australia's war in Viet Nam. 'Delta Four', another bestseller, exposes the inner workings of a rifle company, giving the soldier's viewpoint of those aspects of war-fighting not found in the training pamphlets. His latest book, 'All Guts + No Glory', was written with Bob Buick and recounts Buick's experiences as a platoon sergeant in Viet Nam and in Australia's most famous battle at Long Tan. After almost 30 years military service, Gary retired from the army. He lives in Jervis Bay, NSW and currently works as a freelance historian and non-fiction writer.