Summary By virtue of the Battalion I serve with, I was the first Task Force Doctor on to the Falklands. On Friday the 21st May, 2 Para made an assault beach landing, thankfully unopposed, on San Carlos beach, the RAP was with them.

Introduction As 2 Para occupied the Sussex Mountains for six days and on Wednesday 2 May, moved off at last light to Camilla Creek House, 5 miles from Darwin. The Battalion laid up in the area of Camilla Creek during 27 May and early the next morning moved out to create history….