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Our BATTLE In The Desert | Chris Thrall & Brian Wood MC #352

Posted on 29 June 202329 June 2023 by Chris Thrall

Our BATTLE In The Desert, features Brian Wood MC, who won the Military Cross for gallantry in combat & courageous leadership in Iraq.

Our BATTLE In The Desert

Our Battle In The Desert, features Brian Wood MC. Brian was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in combat, for courageous leadership in Iraq. He was later summoned for unfound war crimes, which eventually led to full vindication. His story is now the subject of a BBC2 film, Danny Boy and he has been open about his struggles with PTSD. He also supports Walking With The Wounded’s mental health programme.

Transcript from ‘Our BATTLE In The Desert’ podcast

Brian – I think we’ve raised about half a million. I was running for the fallen, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Falklands as well. It just got so much momentum and I had my target of twenty thousand pounds. I thought that was really ambitious and I probably wouldn’t get there, but it’s a good target to have. Then it just went to the moon and everyone just seemed to get behind me. I went for 35 days, 35 marathons and then halfway through, I flew to the Falklands and ran four marathons there.