Falklands: 'What my father did was extraordinary'

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Major General (Ret'd), Rupert Jones reflects on the extraordinary actions of his father and 2 Para during the Battle of Goose Green.

Forty years on, the son of Lt. Col' H' Jones VC, recalled his memories of regimental officials arriving at his home and breaking the news to the family that their father had been killed.

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