From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 22:04:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: OT, Falklands War
> You wrote: > Where was this? Was it the Para's, RMs or Gurkha's? 2 Para. A few hours after H was killed. C&D Coy were assaulting Goose Green School House, heavily defended by Argentines. A white flag appeared over the school house, the British ceased fire, and Subaltern Jim Barry, of D Coy approached the school house to accept the surrender. He was shot dead. The school was reduced by 66mm and Carl Gustav rounds, and no prisioners were taken.