Going Back

Australian veterans return to Viet Nam

By: Gary McKay

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Paperback | 1 November 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Gary McKay returns to Viet Nam with a group of other veterans to record their reactions when confronted by the past - and their former enemy.

'What I thought I knew about the Viet Nam War didn't even come close to scratching the surface of what the Viet Nam experience really was all about for my father and his fellow veterans After going to Viet Nam with him, I felt I finally understood him a little better' - Kelly McKay

Going Back is a detailed and highly personal collection of the experiences of Australian Viet Nam War veterans as they journey back to the land where they once fought and lost their innocence. Veteran and author Gary McKay has travelled with and interviewed over thirty veterans, and their partners and families, who have returned to Viet Nam. Going Back records their strong and sometimes unexpected reactions to returning to a country that has in places changed beyond all recognition, and is elsewhere all too familiar. It also contains essential practical advice about travelling to Viet Nam.

An infantryman who was wounded in action and who lost several comrades during his tour of duty, Gary McKay has since travelled to Viet Nam several times on research trips for his many books on Australia's longest war. His personal experiences of going back, and those of his daughter, bring the harsh reality of returning to former battlefields onto the page for all to share.

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Foreword
Maps
Preface
Introduction
The veterans
Great expectations
The 5 RAR tour group
A pilgrimage
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and surrounds
Inside the wire: Nui Dat
Outside the wire: Phuoc Tuy
Long Tan: The Cross
Making peace with the past
The gamut of emotions
Reflections
Epilogue
Post traumatic stress disorder
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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