Falklands war: Medals for Galician sailors forcibly turned into the crew of a spy vessel monitoring UK Task Force

Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

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The Argentine consulate in Vigo, Spain held a ceremony to acknowledge the valor and dedication of two Galician sailors from Vigo and Cangas who were forcibly recruited into the Falklands conflict, 41 years ago, by the Argentine navy when they were about to begin their fishing season in the South Atlantic on board the vessel Usurbil. Read full article

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Steve Potts
They only wanted to 'fish'. Headline says it all.
Jun 27th, 2023 - 09:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Forcibly! The old western media.
Jun 27th, 2023 - 02:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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geedee
Forcibly turned into heroes by a comic navy. Got to give the Argies credit, they don't stop banging away about stuff regardless of irrelevance or triviality.
Jun 28th, 2023 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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imoyaro
“Thank you for being our slaves...”
Jun 30th, 2023 - 11:32 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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