The Royal Marines are renowned for their military skill and also
for having one of the finest military bands in the world. These
highly trained and talented musicians are equally at home parading
at Buckingham Palace, playing at the Royal Albert Hall, or on the
flight deck of an aircraft carrier in a foreign port. Why then when
the Argentines invaded the Falklands in April 1982 did these superb
musicians get involved in what became a serious and deadly military
campaign? The answer is that, in addition to their musical
expertise, the RM Band Service members are trained for military
service and fully qualified in a multitude of military and medical
skills, providing support to their comrades, the fighting
commandos. The Band That Went to War is a graphic first-hand
account of the Falklands War as it has never been told before. It
describes the roles played by Royal Marine musicians in the
conflict; unloading the wounded from helicopters, moving tons of
stores and ammunition, burying their dead at sea and guarding and
repatriating Argentine prisoners of war. These and other unseen
tasks were achieved while still ready to provide morale boosting
music to their commando brethren and other frontline troops. These
men are not just musicians; they are Royal Marines.
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