NAM.1991-09-6-1

First of three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Sgt Stephen Newland MM, who served with 1 Troop, K Coy, 42 Commando, South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Interview covers joining the Marines at age 16; initial impressions when arriving at Port Stanley; being at wedding & being recalled for duty; time aboard the Canberra; weapons drills whilst at Ascension Island; disembarkation at the Falklands; watching Argentinean planes attack; moving forward to Mount Kent; involvement in firefights; kit & equipment; dealing with the cold weather conditions; patrols; dealing with the unfamiliar territory; rations. Interview conducted on 12 September 1991. (Transcript Available)

South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982)