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The Falklands War - There and Back Again - The Story of Naval Party 8901 (Paperback)
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The Falklands War - There and Back Again - The Story of Naval Party 8901 (Paperback)
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On 1 April 1982 Major Mike Norman, commander of Naval Party 8901,
was looking forward to a peaceful year-long tour of duty on the
Falkland Islands. But events turned out differently, for the next
day the Argentinians invaded and he and his small Royal Marines
garrison found themselves fighting for their lives. They took up
defensive positions in and around Government House and on the
approaches to Stanley to protect the Governor, Rex Hunt, and delay
the enemy's advance. They were prepared to die executing these
orders. After a desperate battle against vastly superior numbers,
Hunt ordered them to lay down their arms. As the surrender took
place, an Argentinian told a Marine: 'The Islands are ours now'.
The response was simple: 'We will be back'. They were, and this is
their story. The Royal Marines of Naval Party 8901 volunteered to
join the Task Force and, some seventy-five days after the invasion,
the men who were forced to watch the raising of the Argentine flag
over the Islands were able, in return, to proudly run up the
Falklands flag once more at Government House. Mike Norman and
Michael Jones's dramatic account draws upon Norman's vivid
recollections, the log book and action reports of the defence of
Government House and Stanley, the testimony of Marines under Mike
Norman's command and recently released government archives.
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