Forward into Hell

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As he talks, the 36-year-old ex-soldier works his way - with a swiftness and despatch indicative of long non-commissioned service - through a large pile of household ironing.

Excursion to Hell: Mount Longdon, a Universal Story of Battle

The 3rd Battalion is presently the object of a war-crimes inquiry and a murder hunt, and for this state of affairs, his fellow-Paras hold Bramley largely responsible. Stop this lunacy now,” pleaded Max Hastings, editor of the Daily Telegraph and a leading war correspondent during the three-month Falklands War. That same night, another 8-man section (under Corporal Oscar Nicolás Albornoz-Guevara), from the 4th Regiment's C Company on nearby Two Sisters Mountain, attempted to map out the British positions in the Estancia House area; but British lookouts detected this force and 3 PARA's Mortar Platoon repelled the Argentine patrol. They were supported to their rear by a battery of six 105mm field guns, under cover of which specialist snipers fired at Baldini's Platoon, while another fired a 66mm anti-tank rocket at one of the 1st Platoon mortar pits (under Corporal Óscar Carrizo).They were forced to evacuate their position rapidly, leaving behind their packs and radio, but succeeded in withdrawing without suffering any casualties. Sergeant McKay, realising something needed to be done, decided to attack the Marine position that was causing so much damage. Several are still serving, and for obvious reasons have not wished to be quoted, but others, angered by what they see as an official conspiracy to discredit a former comrade-in-arms, have spoken for the first time. Aggrieved by harsh barrack-room discipline and subjected to what they considered to be pointless exercises - ' . Parker told me that Captain Mason had made an official written complaint to him in July 1992 about the shooting, and that in it he had named the NCO who had killed the prisoner.

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Their words confirm Bramley's, and paint a darker picture of the battle and its aftermath than any that has so far emerged. The young RI 7 soldiers were not going to abandon their positions easily and several were prepared to hold their ground. Among the non-commissioned ranks there is concern that certain officers, seeing themselves as more vulnerable to accusations, might have 'blubbed' their men to the police.

The battle for Longdon, just one part of the 'push for Port Stanley' and followed immediately by the capitulation of the Argentines, was denied the close press attention applied to the earlier, daylight engagement.

Former officer backs Falklands atrocity claim: Parachute

He suggests that some of the dead were mutilated, their ears cut off as trophies, and finally that among those executed by paratroopers were US mercenaries in the pay of Argentina. It is common practice for a good MTI to retain (such things) rather than hand them in; they have no conceivable criminal appplication.one of those present remembers - this group of non-commissioned officers disarmed and stripped their officers and disappeared into the jungle. In the dark we passed some lads from support and patrol companies; several of them were in tears because it was the rifle companies that were going in first. Fitzroy are saturated, and Teal Inlet busy with 3 Para casualties from an all-night stonking of Mount Longdon by enemy artillery. Three Para, as a spearhead element of 3 Commando Brigade, were assigned Longdon, the bleakest and most prominent of these. It is a dark, beery barn of a place, the walls hung with photographs of paratroopers, regimental flags and discarded women's underwear.