Author spotlight - Jon Cooksey
Posted on Tuesday 12th June 2012
(Andrew Roberts)
Further Reading
Falklands Hero
(Hardback - 256 pages)
ISBN: 9781844154937
by Jon Cooksey
Only £19.99
At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War , 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment’s assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun, it falls to Sergeant Ian McKay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together, Ian McKay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only Ian McKay is left, charging on…
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