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Object description
A ms air mail letter (bluey) (2pp) written to his parents by a Marine serving in 3 Troop, 'X' Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines, and dated 17 June 1982 describing entering Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, fighting the Argentineans in the hills surrounding Stanley, the lack of bathing for a month, and the walk from Ajax Bay. Together with: two ms air mail letters from his father in Bolton (4pp, 25 May and 9 June 1982) telling him what he had heard of the conflict in the news and how proud everyone is of the Marines at home, providing information about his brother, David Russ, a Marine serving in 2 Troop Commando Logistics Regiment, RM, also in the Falkland Islands, and telling him to be brave but to keep his head down; three ms letters (16pp) from his mother (17 – 23 June 1982) describing her joy at the ceasefire, how pleased everyone at home was, her appearing in the 'Bolton Evening News' as the mother of two Marines serving in the South Atlantic, further news from David, and plans for their return home; a photocopy of his Certificate of Discharge From Regular Service in the Royal Marines (January 1990); a photograph of him in uniform and with kit in the Falklands; and a photocopy of a photograph of him and his brother David in uniform after meeting in Port Stanley (June 1982).
Content description
A ms air mail letter (bluey) (2pp) written to his parents by a Marine serving in 3 Troop, 'X' Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines, and dated 17 June 1982 describing entering Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, fighting the Argentineans in the hills surrounding Stanley, the lack of bathing for a month, and the walk from Ajax Bay. Together with: two ms air mail letters from his father in Bolton (4pp, 25 May and 9 June 1982) telling him what he had heard of the conflict in the news and how proud everyone is of the Marines at home, providing information about his brother, David Russ, a Marine serving in 2 Troop Commando Logistics Regiment, RM, also in the Falkland Islands, and telling him to be brave but to keep his head down; three ms letters (16pp) from his mother (17 – 23 June 1982) describing her joy at the ceasefire, how pleased everyone at home was, her appearing in the 'Bolton Evening News' as the mother of two Marines serving in the South Atlantic, further news from David, and plans for their return home; a photocopy of his Certificate of Discharge From Regular Service in the Royal Marines (January 1990); a photograph of him in uniform and with kit in the Falklands; and a photocopy of a photograph of him and his brother David in uniform after meeting in Port Stanley (June 1982).
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