Last Marines home
NZPA London The band of 29 royal Marines, captured after putting up a fight during the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and the dependency of South Georgia, arrived back in Britain yesterday. With them on board a Royal Air Force VCIO, which
touched down at the R.A.F. base at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, were 13 scientists from the Cabmbridge-based British Antarctic Survey, who were captured during the invasion of South Georgia. ' The Royal Marines, wearing battle" fatigues and green
berets, and many carrying rucksacks on their backs, walked down the, aircraft steps to cheers and applause from a small group of R.A.F. personnel. Seven were captured in the Falklands and 22 were captured after a battle on South Georgia.
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Press, 21 April 1982, Page 8
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