Falklands Hero

Falklands Hero
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 577
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ISBN-10 : 9781781598085
ISBN-13 : 1781598088
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Book Synopsis Falklands Hero by : Jon Cooksey

Download or read book Falklands Hero written by Jon Cooksey and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War , 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiments assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun, it falls to Sergeant Ian McKay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together, Ian McKay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only McKay is left, charging on alone towards the Argentine gun and a place in history. His was the final act of a man who lived, breathed and was shaped by the Parachute Regiment: an act which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross. This is the story of Ian McKay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century.


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