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and the doll of a 5-year-old girl (Sarah Clement, daughter of future Falklands politician Mike Summers) at Goose Green<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/3214/25-years-on 25 years on]</ref>, but no mention is made of this in the 'Falklands - The Islanders' War' (2012) documentary in which the producers got the chance to interview the Goose Green residents that had been rounded up and locked up after the British air attack on May 1. Nor is there any mention of this criminal behaviour on the part of 'Task Force Mercedes' in Graham Bound's book 'Falkland Islanders at War' (Pen & Sword, 2006) that details the experiences of the Falklanders in Port Stanley and elsewhere during the Falklands War.
 
and the doll of a 5-year-old girl (Sarah Clement, daughter of future Falklands politician Mike Summers) at Goose Green<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/3214/25-years-on 25 years on]</ref>, but no mention is made of this in the 'Falklands - The Islanders' War' (2012) documentary in which the producers got the chance to interview the Goose Green residents that had been rounded up and locked up after the British air attack on May 1. Nor is there any mention of this criminal behaviour on the part of 'Task Force Mercedes' in Graham Bound's book 'Falkland Islanders at War' (Pen & Sword, 2006) that details the experiences of the Falklanders in Port Stanley and elsewhere during the Falklands War.
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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>
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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 who received him warmly. 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>
    
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