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He had his bloody webbing on, so it was full of ammunition and god knows what. but he hit the thing, bounced and went under the water. "oh, my god, hes gone." curleys sort of diving in. so, i grabbed a hold of him. automatically, he pulled me down. and, to my relief, mike was standing next to me... i got on the backside of his trousers and his legs and next, hes pulling up in the air. this guy takes an almighty gasp. gasps lucky enough, i still had hold of him and i managed to get him on the dec...

Since the second world war. the final push for stanley loomed. the next morning, it was a race to the capital. you could see british troops flooding off the features. to our left, wireless ridge, two para, our sister battalion. to our right, mount tumbledown, scots guard. and it was decided that regimental pride dictated we wanted to be the first into stanley, so helmets came off, red berets came on, head down, bum up and... ..into stanley. as soon as the argies saw how many of us there were —...

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...

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 were on that ship. - that was a tough one. it took...

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 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...

Bang! and then woosh. i must have been picked up and thrown about 10, 15 foot. the boys at the bottom of the pile were fine. i was in the middle and the boys at the top were much more burnt, as such, you know? black smoke poured out. as the guards ammunition started to ignite. you couldnt get out either end. that was the message. so the thought was, which way do you want to die? that seriously was your decision — were you going to shoot yourself or were... then you were thinking, "how will my ...

Of the pile were fine. i was in the middle and the boys at the top were much more burnt, as such, you know? black smoke poured out i as the guards ammunition started to ignite. you couldnt get out either end. that was the message. so the thought was, which way do you want to die? that seriously was your decision — were you going to shoot yourself or were... then you were thinking, "how will my parents know how i died?" and that seriously was in my mind. you know, my parents wont know the manne...