falklands war...

[Silver Bear]

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I remember he was the feature of a 3 part series in 1992 about his time in Falklands & his rehabilitation, which was very good.

Since then he has met the pilot who bombed Sir Galahad.

Yes - I watched it and found it moving and very interesting.

[Richard1978]

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He’s a very remarkable man - and a good writer too.

I remember he was the feature of a 3 part series in 1992 about his time in Falklands & his rehabilitation, which was very good.

Since then he has met the pilot who bombed Sir Galahad.

[Twocky61]

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Me too

[Silver Bear]

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I’m really looking forward to watching this later.

[Twocky61]

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Thanks for posting Victor

[victorbrunswick]

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[Twocky61]

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yvw Silver Bear

[Silver Bear]

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My sentiments exactly Silver Bear

Thanks Twocky��

[Twocky61]

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My sentiments exactly Silver Bear

[Silver Bear]

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I remember the Welsh guy Simon Weston who survived the Sir Galahad, came out of that situation with serious face disfigurement after the fire on the ship

He has since given talks about his time in the services & written a book too

He’s a very remarkable man - and a good writer too.

[Silver Bear]

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I remember reading that only the right wingers in Argentina are that bothered the Falklands these days, & it's a standard thing for governments to dig put any time they are losing popularity.

Only a year before Queen toured Argentina & were filling stadiums along with setting a few chart records like the Beatles did when the toured the USA for the first time.

I've heard that quote before, & I'm guessing it's true, certainly a lot of Italians settled in Argentina in the late 19th century.

Yes, lots of Argentines are of Italian descent, e.g. General Galtieri who ended up as a used car salesman. Governments of right and left have made sabre-rattling noises about the Falklands whenever the economy takes a nose-dive.

[Twocky61]

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I remember the Welsh guy Simon Weston who survived the Sir Galahad, came out of that situation with serious face disfigurement after the fire on the ship

He has since given talks about his time in the services & written a book too

[Richard1978]

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I remember reading that only the right wingers in Argentina are that bothered the Falklands these days, & it's a standard thing for governments to dig put any time they are losing popularity.

Only a year before Queen toured Argentina & were filling stadiums along with setting a few chart records like the Beatles did when the toured the USA for the first time.

I've heard that quote before, & I'm guessing it's true, certainly a lot of Italians settled in Argentina in the late 19th century.

[Silver Bear]

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In Argentina and neighbouring countries many people are almost grateful for the Falklands Conflict because it enabled them to throw off the military regime and install a (usually) functioning democracy. This set off a ‘domino effect’ spreading to Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and even Paraguay. However veterans are badly neglected, like Vietnam vets only worse.

Argentina is a very Anglophile country and there’s even a fake Harrod’s in Buenos Aires. In surrounding countries there’s a joke: “What is an Argentine? An Italian who speaks Spanish and thinks he’s an Englishman.”

[victorbrunswick]

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Argentina Army Visor Cap
Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers

From my collection. I think I had posted it before in the What Do You Collect thread but it disappeared when Photobucket got greedy.