Sergio Fernández: Self - 602 Commando, Argentine Special Forces

Quotes 

• Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose : Because we hadn't moved to Mount Kent when we should have done on 25th May, the Argentines had already flown in some special forces units to knock us off the top of Mount Kent. By the time we got there the Argentine Special Force were almost up onto the ridge from which they could have brought direct fire down onto the landing helicopters. Then, as Julian Thompson said, it would have been game over.

  Lieutenant Sergio Fernández : [speaking Spanish]  If our operation had started 10, 15 minutes earlier, possibly we would have had a superior force in place. And the British forces would have arrived when they were most vulnerable inside their helicopters subjected to our ground fire.

  Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose : So it was down to ten minutes that we might well have lost the war.

• [talking about the Argentinian surrender] 

  Lieutenant Sergio Fernández : [speaking Spanish]  I took a small Argentinian flag I had inside my jacket throughout the campaign. I didn't want it to be a souvenir for any Briton. I threw it on the fire. And I cried like a child.

  Argentinian Officer : [speaking Spanish]  I don't believe in just or unjust wars. A drop of blood from an Argentinian or English person has suffering behind it and is not good for the world. Not good.