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Keith Brown joined the Royal Marines in 1980 and found himself at war two years later.

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 and the brutal mount longdon. there's no other way to do it. time immemorial, the only way to win ground is by putting boots on the ground. and you have to get eye to eye and, basically, kill each otherjust within feet of each other. it's mediaeval. it's known since mankind has been on earth. machine guns is sporadic firing, followed by artillery. 0ur ships at sea — hms glamorgan, i believe â€...

Keith Brown joined the Royal Marines in 1980 and found himself at war two years later.

Brought to bear on the argentinian positions on the top of mount longdon, so that there was lots of noise, in some cases lots of screaming where people had been injured. it was difficult to know exactly what was happening. fighting on mount longdon raged for 12 hours before argentine forces withdrew to stanley. as we were moving forward, we would normally have stopped but because we'd broken them and they were effectively running away, i physically had to stop some of the boys who wanted to run down the hill and chase after them! but that was the heat of the moment. when that daylight came up,...

Initially was providing naval gunfire support and they were being brought to bear on the argentinian positions on the top of mount longdon, so that there was lots of noise, in some cases lots of screaming where people had been injured. it was difficult to know exactly what was happening. fighting on mount longdon raged for 12 hours before argentine forces withdrew to stanley. as we were moving forward, we would normally have stopped but because we'd broken them and they were effectively running away, i physically had to stop some of the boys who wanted to run down the hill and chase after them...