British veteran returns to an Argentine veteran the helmet he took in 1982
A former Royal Marine has travelled to Argentina to return to an Argentine veteran the helmet he took during the Battle of Mount Harriet in the 1982 Falklands War, in a reunion filmed for a documentary, BBC Sussex reported.
In 1982, during the Falklands War, a young 18-year-old Royal Marine named Andy Gatrick found himself in an emotional situation on the battlefield at Mount Harriet. While fighting, he encountered two injured Argentine soldiers and, unfortunately, he had to capture one of them. He took the helmet of the Argentine soldier, who bore the name Hector, and returned to England as a war veteran.
Years later, now 63, Gatrick tracked down Hector Pereyra, the man whose helmet he had taken, in Gualeguaychú, Argentina. Gatrick returned the helmet in person to Pereyra on October 23, in a very emotional reunion that was captured for a documentary. Both veterans, Gatrick and Pereyra, expressed their deep bond, with Gatrick saying, “I knew this man had the power of life or death over me and he chose life.”
The 74-day war resulted in 907 casualties: 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British personnel, and three civilian islanders.
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