Jon Cooksey 
Falklands Hero 
Ian McKay-The last VC of the 20th Century

At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War , 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiments assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun, it falls to Sergeant Ian Mc Kay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together, Ian Mc Kay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only Mc Kay is left, charging on alone towards the Argentine gun and a place in history. His was the final act of a man who lived, breathed and was shaped by the Parachute Regiment: an act which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross. This is the story of Ian Mc Kay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century.