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Got a ways since the fiscal year began in october. more than 800 been hundred every day while that crisis spirals there are many women who have put their lives on the line for this country who arent able to come into the country for 11 years government red tape give iraqi translator sam in the middle east but after a long time thanks to the help of a retired u.s. army captain that translator is finally safe on us soil. for that story lets head to texas. >> talk to me about how you all met. >> in...

And putting them on the shore and sort of looking after them. my first thought was, "god, mark, i hope you werent. "on there, mate". he was. that was tough. yeah. you knew that our guys were on that ship. - that was a tough one. it took us actually about three days before we knew exactly what was what — who was missing, who was wounded and who we had ashore, so it was quite a... ..a difficult time for us, i would say. it was a dark day for the welsh guards. the regiment suffered more losses th...

And that was my father finished then, cos he never got to see the letter. for bernie mills, the end of the conflict came a day too late. her brother, christopher thomas, died the day before the surrender. he was killed by a landmine near stanley. he was the only welsh guard whose body was brought home. his funeral became a focal point for the regiment and the families of those lost on the galahad. it was a bit bittersweet. i think it hit home when everyone was coming home, he wasnt. yeah, that w...

So, yeah, it was a difficult time. i it killed my father, definitely. i mean, he was only 56 when he died, you know. he was still very young himself. so, but... ..there we are. we had sent a letter to stephen, didnt we, to tell him how we felt and, you know, he loved him and that, and it got sent back, and that was my father finished then, cos he never got to see the letter. for bernie mills, the end of the conflict came a day too late. her brother, christopher thomas, died the day before the su...

Missing, who was wounded and who we had ashore, so it was quite a... ..a difficult time for us, i would say. it was a dark day for the welsh guards. the regiment suffered more losses than any other in the falklands. but the war was far from won. some of the costliest battles were still to come. friday the 11th — the push, the final push for stanley has begun. the royal marines, supported by the remaining welsh guards, are closing on stanley. heading into battle at mount harriet, two sisters an...

Thomas, died the day before the surrender. he was killed by a landmine near stanley. he was the only welsh guard whose body was brought home. his funeral became a focal point for the regiment and the families of those lost on the galahad. it was a bit bittersweet. i think it hit home when everyone was coming home, he wasnt. yeah, that was upsetting. seeing everybody having a party. we couldnt. but there you are.

And sort of looking after them. my first thought was, "god, mark, i hope you werent on there, mate". _ he was. that was tough. yeah. you knew that our guys were on that ship. - that was a tough one. it took us actually about three days before we knew exactly what was what — who was missing, who was wounded and who we had ashore, so it was quite a... ..a difficult time for us, i would say. it was a dark day for the welsh guards. the regiment suffered more losses than any other in the falklands....

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..there we are. we had sent a letter to stephen, didnt we, to tell him how we felt and, you know, he loved him and that, and it got sent back, and that was my father finished then, cos he never got to see the letter. for bernie mills, the end of the conflict came a day too late. her brother, christopher thomas, died the day before the surrender. he was killed by a landmine near stanley. he was the only welsh guard whose body was brought home. his funeral became a focal point for the regiment and...

You towards the shoreline. - i think there were some of the last ones off. and they all had bad burns but some were worse than the others, so you had to give the ones with the worst burns immediate treatment. two para were already ashore, and the field ambulance. they were sort of taking wounded off the lifeboats and putting them on the shore and sort of looking after them. my first thought was, "god, mark, i i hope you werent on there, mate." he was. that was tough. yeah. you knew that our guys...