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Movie trailer: KajakiMovie trailer: Kajaki
About the author
Brendan Thomas-Noone
Brendan Thomas-Noone is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
Kajaki follows the true story of a patrol of British soldiers guarding a dam in Helmand province in 2006. Corporal Mark Wright was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his actions during the incident. The last British troops withdrew from Helmand in October this year, after suffering a total of 453 casualties since 2001.
Brendan Thomas-Noone