How creativity helped Falklands War veterans heal
"I'd be scaring people with all this nonsense and I thought I'd obviously got issues with it, so if I can process it and write about it maybe that will be the way to move forward," he said.
"When I produced the book, then I found that people were very taken with it, and it helped people process their own feelings on the Falklands. And because it was coming from me, who was a soldier, it was easier for them to take that," he said. A member of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment - 2 Para - when the 1982 war broke out, his regiment was at the centre of one of the most critical battles between Argentina and the UK forces.
"I do remember being soaking wet, up to my neck in water because the landing craft didn't run up the beach, it had fallen short and we were dropped in the sea," he said.C Company, which he was assigned to, had to set up the "start line" for rifle companies to begin an assault, after which they were held in reserve.
"They hit us with everything. The noise was so loud for hours and hours; it was just incredible," he said.
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