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Indeed one local female resident reported that life in the Social Club was far from grim: ''"After the first week the Argentines let two women go out each day to the galley in the cookhouse, where all the men would normally eat together. They were allowed to cook up a big meal, with bread and cakes, and bring it down to the hall. Considering we were all cramped together in a small place everybody got on very well . People were generally good-natured."'' <ref>Speaking Out: Untold Stories from the Falklands War, Michael Bilton, Peter Kosminsky, Trafalgar Square, 1989</ref>
 
Indeed one local female resident reported that life in the Social Club was far from grim: ''"After the first week the Argentines let two women go out each day to the galley in the cookhouse, where all the men would normally eat together. They were allowed to cook up a big meal, with bread and cakes, and bring it down to the hall. Considering we were all cramped together in a small place everybody got on very well . People were generally good-natured."'' <ref>Speaking Out: Untold Stories from the Falklands War, Michael Bilton, Peter Kosminsky, Trafalgar Square, 1989</ref>
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On May 15, 'Combat Team Güemes', 62 men strong, moved out by helicopter for the high ground around San Carlos Bay, about 12 miles to the north of Goose Green. It was comprised of 2nd Platoon C Company of the 25th Regiment, under the command of 2d Lieutenant Oscar Roberto Reyes and Sergeant Martín René Colque. They were backed by a heavy weapons platoon from A Company, 12th Regiment, under Second Lieutenant José Alberto Vázques; it inflicted considerable losses on the British landing force on 21 May 21, shooting down two 3 Commando Brigade helicopters fitted with machine-guns and 68mm SNEB rockets as they withdrew to Stanley.
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On May 15, 'Combat Team Güemes', 62 men strong, moved out by helicopter for the high ground around San Carlos Bay, about 12 miles to the north of Goose Green. It was comprised of 2nd Platoon C Company of the 25th Regiment, under the command of 2d Lieutenant Oscar Roberto Reyes and Sergeant Martín René Colque. They were backed by a heavy weapons platoon from A Company, 12th Regiment, under Second Lieutenant José Alberto Vázques; it inflicted considerable losses on the British landing force on 21 May 21, shooting down two 3 Commando Brigade helicopters fitted with machine-guns and 68mm SNEB rockets as they withdrew to Port Douglas Settlement.
    
==San Carlos==
 
==San Carlos==
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