Nicholas Witchell, BBC
At the airstrip Mrs Thatcher laid a wreath on the grave of Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, the Harrier pilot who was shot down in a raid there right at the beginning of the campaign. Then she went down to the settlement to be welcomed at the Community Hall where 114 people had been kept locked up by the Argentines during their occupation. What happened there, she told them, was part of our history and their history:
MT
We have always had a total belief in freedom and justice and in living your own way of life, bringing up your own family in the way in which we believe. We couldn't let you down and you never let us down.
Nicholas Witchell, BBC
At San Carlos the Prime Minister laid a wreath at the cemetery which contains the grave of H. Jones and thirteen other men who died in the campaign.
tape cuts and resumesNicholas Witchell, BBC
It was in the confined space of this hall that all 114 of the settlement were held captive for a month.
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Can I say thank you very much for these lovely things, for this badge which says “Kelpers Forever, Grateful for the Task Force”.
Nicholas Witchell, BBC
The sky grew more sombre as the Prime Minister headed on for her major task. With Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse who directed the task force operations from London at her side, the Prime Minister walked slowly into the small plot to lay her wreath at the foot of a plain wooden cross. That done, she went first to the grave of Lt. Colonel H. Jones, VC. Then she went on to inspect the other graves one by one, lingering by each. It was a sombre moment, one clearly of great significance to Mrs Thatcher. [end p1]
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We wrote on the card for the wreath “They died in battle that we might live in freedom” and we can't in fact be anything other than deeply grateful for what they did.