years have gone by when i vel not thought about it. not one day when i don t think of those boys. - i knew every one of them. on the morning of the second of april, 1982, argentine troops invaded the falkland islands. the country s ruling dictatorship had long laid claim to the remote archipelago. en nombre de la. margaret thatcher, against a backdrop of unrest in britain, was determined to take it back. a task force was quickly assembled and steamed 8,000 miles to the south atlantic. no one was sure how the conflict would play out. but then, controversy a british submarine sank the argentine ship the general belgrano, killing more than 300 sailors. britain was at war. troops landed at san carlos water on may 21st, 1982. days later, one of the bloodiest battles, goose green. but victory for the parachute regiment. cheering having made hard fought gains, british forces prepared to advance on the capital, stanley, but tragedy was around the corner and it could alter the cours
mr trump has called the investigation a sham. now on bbc news it has been a0 years since the falklands war. today, veterans and their families are still living with the consequences. yeah, yeah, yeah. right, i m ready to go. are you keen to answer it as well? oh, yes, yes. you can stop to think about an answer, you don t have to do it all in one go it sjust a conversation with me and i ll take you i ll take you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah. um, yeah, 0k. clapper bangs you re literally lying face down, pressed yourface into this frozen earth, thinking, i don t want to die here. why? yeah. you know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. there s corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. it had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massive effect on a lot of my friends, too. that scene of horror will never, never leave my mind. not a single day in the last 40 years have gone by when i v
overhead probably not much higher than the ceiling at the moment. i was sat in the main tank deck, watching the cranei operator who was shifting - equipment and the look of pure horror on the crane operator s face and he leapt out - of the crane. instantly, things went - into slow motion and i saw an aircraft fire - fire above the hatch. and you could tell i that s not a harrier it looks like a skyhawk. bang and then whoosh. i must ve been picked up and thrown about 10 15 foot. bang, the ship got hit. i got hit in the chest with a forklift truck. i fell over, got knocked out. the ship lit up. pure brilliant white. a light went off - you could feel a whoosh and the heat. running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back out the way i came. the smoke, the chaos. panic struck in. we ended up in a pile of men in the corner of this foot well.
through, and he goes directly overhead probably not much higher than the ceiling at the moment. i was sat in the main tank deck, watching the cranei operator who was shifting - equipment and the look of pure horror on the crane operator s face and he leapt out - of the crane. instantly, things went - into slow motion and i saw an aircraft fire - fire above the hatch, and you could tell. that s not a harrier it looks like a skyhawk. bang and then whoosh. i must ve been picked up and thrown about 10 15 foot. bang, the ship got hit. i got hit in the chest with a forklift truck. i fell over, got knocked out. the ship lit up. pure brilliant white. a light went off - you could feel a whoosh and the heat. running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back out the way i came. the smoke, the chaos.
red, red, red, and then, you see skyhawks looping across the sky and suddenly, everybody s shooting at these skyhawks and i m aiming at the pilot, pumping rounds through, and he goes directly overhead probably not much higher than the ceiling at the moment. i was sat in the main tank deck, watching the cranei operator who was shifting - equipment and the look of pure horror on the crane operator s face and he leapt out - of the crane. instantly, things went - into slow motion and i saw an aircraft fire - fire above the hatch. and you could tell i that s not a harrier it looks like a skyhawk. bang and then whoosh. i must ve been picked up and thrown about 10 15 foot. bang, the ship got hit. i got hit in the chest with a forklift truck. i fell over, got knocked out. the ship lit up. pure brilliant white. a light went off - you could feel a whoosh and the heat. running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back out the way i came. the smoke, the chaos.