Falklands War
Giachino was the leader of a platoon of Comandos anfibios and died of wounds in Stanley's hospital after the battle of Government House, which resulted in the surrender of Falklands Governor Rex Hunt and the Royal Marines detachment during the Argentine invasion of 1982.
He was awarded posthumously the Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross and promoted to the rank of Captain.
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Famous quotes containing the words falklands and/or war:
“If we were doing this in the Falklands they would love it. It’s part of our heritage. The British have always been fighting wars.”
—British soccer fan. quoted in Independent (London, Dec. 23, 1988)
“Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)