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Falklands: shooting at Argentinian planes and bombs at a football match

Drum Major Willie Urban recalls his time in the Falklands, shooting at Argentinian planes and finding a bomb during a football match.

Falklands: 90% boredom 10% sheer terror

Growing up in Largs, Ayrshire, the sea had always been part of Kenny Duffy’s life. But nothing could prepare him for serving in the Falklands with the Royal Navy, which he described as “90% boredom, 10% sheer terror”.

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Falklands: distracting Argentinian forces from Mt Tumbledown

Les Braby had served in the Scots Guards for 20 years when he was sent to the Falklands. He led men in a diversionary attack in the final days of the conflict, distracting Argentinian forces from Mt Tumbledown.

Falklands: A four-month adrenaline rush

Graham Daniels was just 20 years old when he was sent to the Falklands aboard the “Crazy Y”. It was a four-month adrenaline rush, living with the constant threat of air attacks and going to the aid of ships in distress.

Falklands: freezing conditions and the constant threat of air attack

Aboard the “Crazy Y”, Graham Walker remembers freezing conditions and the constant threat of air attack, as well as “pummelling” Argentinian forces and going to the aid of ships in distress.

Falklands: how it shaped my life and career

As a teenager looking forward to university, Mark Beverstock didn’t expect to be sent to a war zone. Forty years later, the retired Rear Admiral looks back on how this early experience shaped his life and career.

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