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The Battle of Goose Green (Spanish: Batalla de Pradera del Ganso) was fought from 28 to 29 May 1982 by British and Argentine forces during the Falklands War.Located on East Falkland's central isthmus, the settlement of Goose Green was the site of a tactically vital airfield.
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE (14 May 1940 – 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones, was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of Goose Green for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, during the Falklands War.
The Reverend David Cooper (born 1944) was the Army Chaplain (or "Padre") attached to the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) during the Falklands War of 1982. He was filmed for television news on 30 May 1982 officiating at the moving field burial service for the 18 Paras who were killed in the Battle of Goose Green , including Lt ...
First Lieutenant Roberto Néstor Estévez (24 February 1957 – 28 May 1982) was an Argentine Army officer who was killed in action in the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War. He was posthumously awarded the Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross that year. His remains are buried at the Argentine Darwin Military Cemetery.
The Argentine Military Cemetery, Spanish: Cementerio de Darwin [2] (Darwin Cemetery), is a military cemetery on East Falkland that holds the remains of 236 Argentine combatants killed during the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas). It is located at Fish Creek to the east of the Darwin Settlement, the location of the Battle of ...
Goose Green; The Fall of Port Stanley; The Gulf War [4] [5] References This page was last edited on 4 September 2023, at 09:53 (UTC). Text is available ...
An Officer and a Gentleman was an enormous box office success and went on to become the third-highest-grossing film of 1982, after E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial and Tootsie. [27] It grossed $3,304,679 in its opening weekend [28] and $130 million dollars overall at the US and Canadian box office. [29]
The story involves two fictional countries, the peaceful Republic of Sardun and their aggressive neighbor Gamibia. Unable to defend themselves from a Gamibian incursion, Sardun sends Major Zara and General Byrne-White to ask the help of MegaForce – a secret army composed of international soldiers from throughout the western world, equipped with advanced weapons and vehicles.