BATTLE FOR GOOSE GREEN

[Gil Boyd]

Last night and today was the 38th Anniversary of the Battle for Goose Green in the Falklands War where 450 men of The Second Battalion The Parachute Regiment defeated an overwhelming dug in and fortified force of nearly 1500+ with close air support from RAF Harriers.
Precision mortar strikes took out key machine gun emplacements and shows that support company assets always win the day. 66mm rocket launchers carrried by the men and 84mm Carl Gustav anti tank guns took out well defended bunkers.

Here is a Youtube portrayal by an actor of the actual words of Sgt Barry Norman who was part of TAC HQ when Lt Colonel H Jones won his Victoria Cross on attacking "in depth" trenches.

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