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A big, big thank you to you both & @Muhammed 'im hard' Bruce Lee, for what you guys, and your oppos, did. I, for one, will never forget.

Forgive the link, but this was on the Falklands82 feed earlier today. The propellor of the Atlantic Conveyor is now a memorial, it's the fifth picture down. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375274/Rusting-wreckage-helicopters-shot-Falklands-War.html

A white paper is a suggestion, which may or may not be carried out. Nott was a fool, I agree.

That was down to the poor quality of uniform given to our troops, no matter where they were. It was even worse in the Middle East. The climate in the Falklands is equivalent to the Shetland Islands. The Falklands are over 400 miles from Argentina.

Endurance wasn't finishing, just coming back to the UK as per normal. The Argentinians didn't know the climate of the Falklands or else they wouldn't have invaded at the start of winter. Their conscripts were wearing cotton uniforms.

The ice patrol ships Protector, then Endurance always came back to the UK in May as the southern winters set in. They went down again in October. I had three Christmases in a row without my Dad. Now the new Protector stays down there most of the time, and the crew changes every so often by...

Nor the personnel. Did you see the request for the oldies to join up again? If they would allow my zimmerframe, I might consider it.

There is an account on Twitter following the timeline with the details of the 74 days. Even in bad times, there is humour. 848981050583896064

Once the Belgrano was sunk, no other Argentinian ship engaged in the war. It probably saved a lot of lives.

My Dad did three years on Protector in the 60s. I have loads of photos of South Georgia, the Falklands and Antarctica. Bless him, he was so upset, he went to the recruiting office, aged 62, and tried to join up again. He said he could do an office job to release a man for the fleet. Of course...

He said that because the Argentinians were lying, saying they'd shot down our planes.

It was quite a distressing 74 days.