BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
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Interviewee name: John Phillips
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On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his emotional story John Phillips describes his near death experience, losing his colleague James, his left arm and abandoning ship, finally ending up in Ajax Bay in a makeshift hospital. (Part 1 of this story also on StoryVault)
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- AIR RAIDS
- BOMB DISPOSAL
- BRITISH ARMY
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- Falklands
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- IRAQ WAR
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- PAUL RUSSELL
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from Stuart Prebble 2009-04-02 05:47:10
What can you say about this man and this interview? This in interview is the best representation so far of what Storyvault is about. What these men went through should never be forgotten..... and if a memory like this doesn't deserve to be preserved for future generations, I don't know what does. What a hero.
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