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Poem of the Month

  • Posted on 11 Jun 2021
  • 02 min read

Chosen by Jim “Jock” Love. This month, Jock has chosen two poems in honour of 2 PARA, with whom he served in the Falklands War, and 3 PARA after the Battles of Wireless Ridge and Mount Longdon. As he remarks, poignantly, not all of them got to see the rooftops of Port Stanley the next day.

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