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Battle of Darwin and Goose Green (view source)
Revision as of 23:33, July 21, 2022
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After a long fight in the military and civilian courts, Piaggi had his retired military rank and pension reinstated. He died in 2012.
After a long fight in the military and civilian courts, Piaggi had his retired military rank and pension reinstated. He died in 2012.
In 2007, stories emerged that Argentinian soldiers had booby-trapped bicycles
and the doll of a 5-year-old girl (Sarah Clement) at Goose Green, but no mention is made of this in the 'Falklands - The Islanders' War' (2012) documentary) in which the producers got to interview the Goose Green residents that had been rounded up and kept under armed guard after the Royal Navy Harrier strike of May 1. Nor is there any mention of this criminal behaviour in Graham Bound's book 'Falkland Islanders at War' (Pen & Sword, 2006) that details the experiences of the Falklanders during the war.
In 2016, retired Lieutenant-Colonel Carlos Alberto Frontera traveled to Britain to meet his opposing number at Goose Green. On May 23, Frontera met with retired Lieutenant-Colonel Chris Keeble, then lecturing at Oxford University. Both made a speech in honour of the fallen on both sides. During dinner that evening and accompanied by their wives, Keeble surprised all those present when he presented Frontera a token of friendship; the battle flag mast of the 12th Regiment his paratroopers had been able to recover from the seabed after the Argentinian surrender.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170313214230/https://www.gente.com.ar/actualidad/alberto-frontera-ha-roe-de-malvinas/23171.html Alberto Frontera, héroe de Malvinas]</ref>
In 2016, retired Lieutenant-Colonel Carlos Alberto Frontera traveled to Britain to meet his opposing number at Goose Green. On May 23, Frontera met with retired Lieutenant-Colonel Chris Keeble, then lecturing at Oxford University. Both made a speech in honour of the fallen on both sides. During dinner that evening and accompanied by their wives, Keeble surprised all those present when he presented Frontera a token of friendship; the battle flag mast of the 12th Regiment his paratroopers had been able to recover from the seabed after the Argentinian surrender.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170313214230/https://www.gente.com.ar/actualidad/alberto-frontera-ha-roe-de-malvinas/23171.html Alberto Frontera, héroe de Malvinas]</ref>