37TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF DARWIN AND GOOSE
Between 28 and 29 May 1982, elements of the Army deployed in the area of
Darwin and Goose clashed with British forces had landed in the Strait of
San Carlos.
Wednesday June 5, 2019
As a continuation of the commemoration of the 37th anniversary of the
heroic deed of Malvinas and to highlight the patriotism, courage and
selflessness demonstrated by war veterans and fallen, emotional vigils and
formation of -provinces were held in the towns of Toay and Sarmiento Pampa
and Chubut respectively.
In these locations, they are currently the seats peace Mechanized Infantry
Regiments 12 and 25, during the 1982 conflict were part of Task Force
Mercedes. This force had the responsibility to defend the Isthmus of
Darwin, portion of land connecting the northern and southern parts of the
Soledad Island.
In the confrontation, one of the bloodiest conflict that had, killed 12 men
Mechanized Infantry Regiment 25 and 35 Mechanized Infantry Regiment 12
between soldiers, NCOs and officers.
Sarmiento
The commemoration began with a traveling photographic exhibition on the
conflict in 1982, it took place in the microcine the Municipality of
Sarmiento and was visited by local schools and the general public.
On May 27 evening, veterans of the Falklands War and family offered a
series of talks, in which they shared their experiences during the armed
conflict from different perspectives. Later in the war memorial in the
city, municipal and military authorities laid wreaths.
The next day, the central training in the main square of the unit, with the
presence of the commanders of the 3rd Army Division, Brigadier General
Osvaldo Suarez was performed, and the IXna Mechanized Brigade, Brigadier
General Nestor D ' Ambra.
Large crowds came to headquarters to participate in the ceremony, which
honors the families of the fallen twelve war veterans regiment surrendered.
the cenotaph of the unit with the busts of the deceased personnel in combat
also reopened.
In addition, the Legislature of the province of Cordoba gave recognition to
the flag of War Mechanized Infantry Regiment 25, since a large part of the
troops who participated in the war with the unit were cordobeses.
The training ended with the parade of the Association on May 28, composed
of units that made up the military garrison Sarmiento in 1982 and war
veterans who were applauded by the audience.
In La Pampa
Also the 12 Mechanized Infantry Regiment commemorated the battle of Darwin,
with a ceremony at Toay.
This unit, together with the 25th Infantry Regiment, bore the main effort
of the enemy attack.
Commemorative activities began on 27 with a vigil at the cenotaph of the
unit to the fallen in combat during the Falklands Gesta.
The ceremony began with the Argentine national anthem and a speech by one
of the veterans of the unit speech. the memory of the 35 killed in combat
honored then finally the Malvinas march was sung and the withdrawal of the
National War Flag was made.
The next day, in the parade, he held the central ceremony for the 37th
anniversary of the Battle of Darwin and Goose Green.
The event began with the presentation and magazine troop commander of Army
Training and Enlistment and intonation of the national anthem.
Both ceremonies were presided over by the commander of Training and
Enlistment Army Major General Daniel Sala Aldo, accompanied by the Force
Commander Quick, Brigadier General Deployment Paleo Juan Martin;
Cyberdefence the Joint commander, Brigadier General Thomas Moyano;
President of the Commission of the Infantry, Brigadier General (R) VGM
Gonzalo Palacios; fee head of Infantry Mechanized 12, Brig (R) Hector
Giacosa; Xma commander Mechanized Brigade, Colonel Paulo Pardo; authorities
of the City of Santa Rosa and Toay, National Gendarmerie of Argentina
Federal Police, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Police Airport
Security and Police in the province of La Pampa; veterans of the unit;
family, friends, heads of units under the Xma Mechanized Brigade and the
general public.
Then he took the floor to the regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel
Julio Buoniconto where he made a brief chronology of the actions in which
participated the regiment, highlighting the value and performance of their
men and honoring the memory of those who perished in compliance duty
military, urging those present to continue following suit.
a representative with the location of each of the tombs of 35 heroes of the
unit and another made up their faces box was also discovered. They will be
incorporated into the museum Mechanized Infantry Regiment 12, along with
the biography of Sergeant (post mortem) José Luis Ríos, oldest of those
killed in combat petty officer.
Later, the song was sung Argentine Army and proceeded to parade of troops
formed.
The CombateCuando the enemy consolidated their beachhead in San Carlos,
prepared to undertake the march towards Puerto Argentino; But to achieve
this, he must face the Task Force Mercedes, composed of Infantry Regiments
12 and 25, the Group Air Defense Artillery 601, a section of Infantry
Regiment 8, the Society of Engineers 9 and a battery Airborne Artillery
group 4.
On the evening of 27, there were British airstrikes on positions of Company
A of Infantry Regiment 12 Battery A Airborne Artillery Group 4. Almost at
11 pm on May 28, an intense naval cannonade he began to fall on the
positions of Company a, and during the early hours of 29 British infantry
launched on the positions of this subunit, beating with heavy mortar fire
and machine guns.
The center of gravity of the enemy attack came from Sussex Camilla Creek.
Argentine contraatacaron; mortars with 81 and 120 mm fire executed on the
enemy rear and fighting furiously began their withdrawal. The western
sector had yielded but fighting melee and close distances, managed to
restore the situation and rebuild the front.
Ammunition exhausted, he withdrew Support Section. At 6, the massive volume
of English fire was reducing Argentine defenses. Lieutenant Roberto Estevez
held a position at Goose Green School and executed a counterattack that
caused heavy casualties to the enemy, thus achieving recompose the first
line of defense. In this tough fight, he lost his life. They continued
directing artillery fire through the communications equipment in the first
instance Corporal Mario Castro and, after his death, the soldier Edgar
Fabricio Carrascul, which eventually also fell dead.
At 8.30 Company A had experienced many casualties and survivors retreated
to the population. When he retired Lieutenant Raul Marcelo Colombo made an
attack with two 81mm mortars, beating Northern positions to allow the
withdrawal of these troops. Meanwhile, doctors at the Army and Air Force
roamed the sectors making the first healing the wounded and deriving the
most serious aid stations at Goose Green.
At 9.30, the enemy stopped his attack and retreated to the north. By that
time, the defensive position of the Mercedes Task Force was reinforced and
two helicopters of Army Aviation landed to evacuate the wounded despite
constant enemy fire.
At 10.30 on 28 May, the effective charge of second lieutenant Juan José
Gómez Centurión vigorously fought back and managed to reach heights located
two kilometers north of Goose Green. At 1230, the English enemy launched a
massive final assault. Its strong artillery fire and mortar positions
chastised section Infantry Regiment 8 Company A and Company Darwin Services.
The situation became untenable for national troops who had fought to the
limit of their logistical possibilities. At 21.30 on May 29, the head of
Mercedes Task Force reported that the situation could no longer be
sustained.
At 11 am on May 30, there was a ceasefire and the final bout of Darwin -
Goose Green, where our soldiers squandered valor, courage and patriotism, a
fact that was revealed by the British themselves at the end of the War
Falklands.
Darwin and Goose clashed with British forces had landed in the Strait of
San Carlos.
Wednesday June 5, 2019
As a continuation of the commemoration of the 37th anniversary of the
heroic deed of Malvinas and to highlight the patriotism, courage and
selflessness demonstrated by war veterans and fallen, emotional vigils and
formation of -provinces were held in the towns of Toay and Sarmiento Pampa
and Chubut respectively.
In these locations, they are currently the seats peace Mechanized Infantry
Regiments 12 and 25, during the 1982 conflict were part of Task Force
Mercedes. This force had the responsibility to defend the Isthmus of
Darwin, portion of land connecting the northern and southern parts of the
Soledad Island.
In the confrontation, one of the bloodiest conflict that had, killed 12 men
Mechanized Infantry Regiment 25 and 35 Mechanized Infantry Regiment 12
between soldiers, NCOs and officers.
Sarmiento
The commemoration began with a traveling photographic exhibition on the
conflict in 1982, it took place in the microcine the Municipality of
Sarmiento and was visited by local schools and the general public.
On May 27 evening, veterans of the Falklands War and family offered a
series of talks, in which they shared their experiences during the armed
conflict from different perspectives. Later in the war memorial in the
city, municipal and military authorities laid wreaths.
The next day, the central training in the main square of the unit, with the
presence of the commanders of the 3rd Army Division, Brigadier General
Osvaldo Suarez was performed, and the IXna Mechanized Brigade, Brigadier
General Nestor D ' Ambra.
Large crowds came to headquarters to participate in the ceremony, which
honors the families of the fallen twelve war veterans regiment surrendered.
the cenotaph of the unit with the busts of the deceased personnel in combat
also reopened.
In addition, the Legislature of the province of Cordoba gave recognition to
the flag of War Mechanized Infantry Regiment 25, since a large part of the
troops who participated in the war with the unit were cordobeses.
The training ended with the parade of the Association on May 28, composed
of units that made up the military garrison Sarmiento in 1982 and war
veterans who were applauded by the audience.
In La Pampa
Also the 12 Mechanized Infantry Regiment commemorated the battle of Darwin,
with a ceremony at Toay.
This unit, together with the 25th Infantry Regiment, bore the main effort
of the enemy attack.
Commemorative activities began on 27 with a vigil at the cenotaph of the
unit to the fallen in combat during the Falklands Gesta.
The ceremony began with the Argentine national anthem and a speech by one
of the veterans of the unit speech. the memory of the 35 killed in combat
honored then finally the Malvinas march was sung and the withdrawal of the
National War Flag was made.
The next day, in the parade, he held the central ceremony for the 37th
anniversary of the Battle of Darwin and Goose Green.
The event began with the presentation and magazine troop commander of Army
Training and Enlistment and intonation of the national anthem.
Both ceremonies were presided over by the commander of Training and
Enlistment Army Major General Daniel Sala Aldo, accompanied by the Force
Commander Quick, Brigadier General Deployment Paleo Juan Martin;
Cyberdefence the Joint commander, Brigadier General Thomas Moyano;
President of the Commission of the Infantry, Brigadier General (R) VGM
Gonzalo Palacios; fee head of Infantry Mechanized 12, Brig (R) Hector
Giacosa; Xma commander Mechanized Brigade, Colonel Paulo Pardo; authorities
of the City of Santa Rosa and Toay, National Gendarmerie of Argentina
Federal Police, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Police Airport
Security and Police in the province of La Pampa; veterans of the unit;
family, friends, heads of units under the Xma Mechanized Brigade and the
general public.
Then he took the floor to the regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel
Julio Buoniconto where he made a brief chronology of the actions in which
participated the regiment, highlighting the value and performance of their
men and honoring the memory of those who perished in compliance duty
military, urging those present to continue following suit.
a representative with the location of each of the tombs of 35 heroes of the
unit and another made up their faces box was also discovered. They will be
incorporated into the museum Mechanized Infantry Regiment 12, along with
the biography of Sergeant (post mortem) José Luis Ríos, oldest of those
killed in combat petty officer.
Later, the song was sung Argentine Army and proceeded to parade of troops
formed.
The CombateCuando the enemy consolidated their beachhead in San Carlos,
prepared to undertake the march towards Puerto Argentino; But to achieve
this, he must face the Task Force Mercedes, composed of Infantry Regiments
12 and 25, the Group Air Defense Artillery 601, a section of Infantry
Regiment 8, the Society of Engineers 9 and a battery Airborne Artillery
group 4.
On the evening of 27, there were British airstrikes on positions of Company
A of Infantry Regiment 12 Battery A Airborne Artillery Group 4. Almost at
11 pm on May 28, an intense naval cannonade he began to fall on the
positions of Company a, and during the early hours of 29 British infantry
launched on the positions of this subunit, beating with heavy mortar fire
and machine guns.
The center of gravity of the enemy attack came from Sussex Camilla Creek.
Argentine contraatacaron; mortars with 81 and 120 mm fire executed on the
enemy rear and fighting furiously began their withdrawal. The western
sector had yielded but fighting melee and close distances, managed to
restore the situation and rebuild the front.
Ammunition exhausted, he withdrew Support Section. At 6, the massive volume
of English fire was reducing Argentine defenses. Lieutenant Roberto Estevez
held a position at Goose Green School and executed a counterattack that
caused heavy casualties to the enemy, thus achieving recompose the first
line of defense. In this tough fight, he lost his life. They continued
directing artillery fire through the communications equipment in the first
instance Corporal Mario Castro and, after his death, the soldier Edgar
Fabricio Carrascul, which eventually also fell dead.
At 8.30 Company A had experienced many casualties and survivors retreated
to the population. When he retired Lieutenant Raul Marcelo Colombo made an
attack with two 81mm mortars, beating Northern positions to allow the
withdrawal of these troops. Meanwhile, doctors at the Army and Air Force
roamed the sectors making the first healing the wounded and deriving the
most serious aid stations at Goose Green.
At 9.30, the enemy stopped his attack and retreated to the north. By that
time, the defensive position of the Mercedes Task Force was reinforced and
two helicopters of Army Aviation landed to evacuate the wounded despite
constant enemy fire.
At 10.30 on 28 May, the effective charge of second lieutenant Juan José
Gómez Centurión vigorously fought back and managed to reach heights located
two kilometers north of Goose Green. At 1230, the English enemy launched a
massive final assault. Its strong artillery fire and mortar positions
chastised section Infantry Regiment 8 Company A and Company Darwin Services.
The situation became untenable for national troops who had fought to the
limit of their logistical possibilities. At 21.30 on May 29, the head of
Mercedes Task Force reported that the situation could no longer be
sustained.
At 11 am on May 30, there was a ceasefire and the final bout of Darwin -
Goose Green, where our soldiers squandered valor, courage and patriotism, a
fact that was revealed by the British themselves at the end of the War
Falklands.