Falklands Postwar Task: Rebuild and Secure Island Stronghold
The final troops return home within a month as Britain begins a large Falklands reconstruction. A 2,500-strong garrison will deter new invasions while airstrip expansion enables reinforcements. Mines and booby traps hinder repairs as Royal Engineers clear fields and restore water, power, and housing.
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Stanley
Falkland Islands
Falklands
Argentina
Britain
Rex Hunt
Royal Engineers
John Nott
London
South Atlantic
John Broderick
Public Works
Argentine POWs Return Home From Falklands
All 11,800 Argentine prisoners captured by British forces on the Falkland Islands have returned home. The last 593 prisoners, largely officers, arrived at Puerto Madryn aboard the St. Edmund after sailing from the Falklands 250 miles east of southern Argentina. Brig. Gen. Mario B. Menendez said the defeat should be a lesson.
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Puerto Madryn
Argentina
Falkland Islands
South Atlantic Islands
St. Edmund
Falklands
Mario B. Menendez
Radio Golfo Nuevo
South Africa Collision Kills Senior Officials and Generals
A mid air collision near Pretoria killed twelve people including Treasury Secretary K R Pretorius and two air force generals. Defense Minister Magnus Malan ordered an inquiry as a witness described a red fireball filling the twilight sky. Also dead were N Bothma accountant general and Maj. Gen. D J Van Niekerk and Maj. Gen. J M Crawford.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Treasury
K.R. Pretorius
Air Force
Here
Magnus Malan
Pretorius
N. Bothma
South African Finance Department
D.J. van Niekerk
J.M. Crafford
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Spielberg
SAT
SUN
Panavision
T.V
W. Street
Williston
Dial
Charles Grice
Aiken Standard
Landon Co-Op
Smirnoff
Pierre Smirnoff
Heublein, Inc
Hartford, CT
U.S.A
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