article_snippet.sent: VC winner Mark Donaldson is one of Australia's most highly decorated soldiers, one of the very few to have been awarded the nation's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, for VC winner Mark Donaldson bravery in Afghanistan.
article_snippet.sent: Mark Donaldson (pictured, right, with fellow troopers in Afghanistan) was awarded the VC for Mark Donaldson (pictured, right, with fellow troopers in Afghanistan) actions in September 2008, when, despite being advised not to go and help, Mark Donaldson ran 80 metres to rescue a wounded interpreter, while under heavy machine gun fire for a large group of insurgents .
article_snippet.sent: Giants among men: A rare gathering of three living recipients of Australia's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, from left, Corporal Mark Donaldson, Keith Payne who won the VC in Vietnam, and (right)
article_snippet.sent: Ben Roberts-Smith who also earned his honour while fighting in Afghanistan .
article_snippet.sent: In Corporal Mark Donaldson memoir, Corporal Mark Donaldson revealed more details of the incident in which Corporal Mark Donaldson bravery had earned Corporal Mark Donaldson the Victoria Cross.