Falkland war veterans remember battle for Mount Longdon

Veterans of the Falklands conflict have remembered fallen comrades at a service to mark the 30th anniversary since the islands were invaded.

Memorial services are also being held in Argentina.

Two veterans told BBC Radio 5 live's Shelagh Fogarty about their experience of the Mount Longdon battle. Denzil Connick was 25 years old and in the third battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, while Argentinian Miguel Savage was sent to the Falklands as part of the invasion when he was 19-years-old and ten days away from finishing his army service.

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