. ''The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,no matter how justified,shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation'' --George Washington--
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
The Paras took Goose Green against huge odds.
Cradling her baby son in her arms, Catherine Dent watched the evening news and prayed for a miracle.Days earlier, she had been told that her husband, Parachute Regiment Captain Chris Dent, had been killed in action in the Falklands. Still, she clung to the hope that there might have been a terrible mistake and that he was still alive.
Then, over footage of body bags being lowered into a mass grave, an Army padre read out the names of the fallen: "Colonel Jones. Captain Wood. Captain Dent." Read It Here
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
(RG) No thanks to the BBC who warned Argentina about the attack on Goose Green.
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