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We were sent close to land to do naval gunfire support. and that night we fired 277 4.5—inch shells. that was my 18th birthday. so, like, other people get firecrackers, i got 277 4.5—inch round bangs for my birthday. archive: out of a clear blue sky, without warning, - five argentine skyhawks strike, hitting sir galahad and her sister ship, sir tristram. _ when we got stuck in the corridor on galahad, i realised that i could die. a very nasty, horrible death. and... i wasn't immortal any more. i was very vulnerable. archive: ..davis read out the roll of those who'd died. _ phillip anthony ...