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5. A harrowing look at bravery at its most terrifying...

Sun Jul 11, 2021, 11:21 AM

Jul 2021

Thank you. It was 40 years ago when I last saw him. I asked him about the scars on his arms. It was when no one was around when he told me how he got them. I cried.

McKay committed suicide in 1968. It was just in the last 10 years or so that the Department of The Navy reinstated his rank, removed the Court martial record, and paid out the benefits to his heirs. It was their mistake.

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