British veterans having a drink in Manchester 2007.
Left is a brother from HMS Conqueror, middle is Ron Smith from the Royal Artillery and me.
Ron has cancer and fighting for his life. Please think of him and pray for his recovery.
Veteranos británicos que beben(toman una copa) en Manchester 2007. A la Izquierda es un hermano del HMS Conqueror , el medio es Ron Smith de la Artillería Real y yo. Ron tiene un cáncer y esta luchando por su vida. Por favor piense en él y recen para su "recuperacion"
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There is a ralato that we do not prune to extend, I expect you can contribute mas theirs information...
( Again I ask you for excuses spor the mistakes that they should can find)
For Oscar teves:
The march was going to do now days, deployed in battle formation, with the fear of being discovered at any moment. Suddenly, the soldier told Bergera Reyes:
- My second lieutenant, I think we are following ...
The officer had a look at the telescope that he had taken the Royal Marines barracks at Moody Brook, and saw the rear. After about three thousand yards away, saw a formation of enemy infantry in open approach consists of about twenty personnel. Reyes then decided to accelerate the step to try to reach a stage that is observed later, but meters, a stream them off the road. Faced with the despair of being achieved before they decided to cross it possible because they are not warned of any other possibility of escape. The water was deeper than expected and the fact of knowing that would be completely wet were added two or three factors that aggravated the situation. Cape Godoy, not swimming very well, could hardly be rescued something similar happening with the soldier Alarcon, who had to be assisted by Reyes at the crossing. Alarcon lost his rifle in the deep channel andalusia caérsele of his hands, which was swollen and sore. The conscript Cepeda, the last of the row, tried to find him but all his attempts were in vain. Two hundred meters further, a rock formation a little higher than the surrounding land gave them the shelter they were seeking, and began to prepare for what they thought a meeting inevitable. The amount of ammunition they carry no predicted a long struggle but try to defend as best as possible.
The group was now an enemy at less than four meters and suddenly began to hear intense automatic weapons fire. Hidden and frozen by the cold, the Argentine soldiers were not enough to understand what was going on, but saw that the British patrol suffered its first casualties as a result of the attack they were receiving. Moments later, sunk by gunfire from machine guns and rifles, the fraction underwent an accurate mortar fire, until the silence fell again in the place. Shortly afterwards, made their entrance on stage two British helicopters, supposedly health service, and they could understand what happened by shouts and gestures of the protagonists of the weekend: the pursuit of Reyes and his men had fallen into an ambush own , which was prevented by Argentine troops almost like a miracle. In a few minutes, the British troops erected around and in the field were marked only the impacts of the mortars (5).
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(5) Perhaps the action is recorded by Patrick Bishop and John Witherow in "The winter war: the Malvinas," when mentioning that, days after the landing, patrols of the companies A and C of the 3rd Battalion Paracai collided near-lists San Carlos, and the confrontation that took nine British soldiers were wounded, two of them in the head.
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Por Oscar teves
http://www.zona-militar.com/foros/showthread.php?t=1553&page=106
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