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    5km 3miles Darwin H. Jones killed Goose Green    The Battle of Goose Green (Spanish: Batalla de Pradera del Ganso) was fought from 28 to 29 May 1982 by...
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    the Falklands War, it was the scene of the Battle of Goose Green. Goose Green was established in 1875, as the site of a tallow factory. According to the...
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  • H. Jones (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of Goose Green for his actions as...
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  • Chris Keeble (category British Army personnel of the Falklands War)
    On 28–29 May 1982, at the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War, Keeble assumed command of the 2nd Battalion of The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA)...
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    Ítalo Piaggi (category Argentine military personnel of the Falklands War)
    involved in the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War. The defending Argentine army forces known as Task Force Mercedes consisted of the Lieutenant-Colonel...
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    2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (category Military units and formations of the Gulf War)
    battalion's first battle was the Battle of Goose Green on 28 May. This was followed by the Battle of Wireless Ridge and then the recapture of Port Stanley...
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    East Falkland (category Islands of the Falkland Islands)
    Green is located, and it was the scene of the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War. The two main centres of population in the Falklands, Stanley...
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    the colonel—Captain David Wood, the adjutant of 2 Para, was killed in action at the Battle of Goose Green, for example. Normally, in a British Infantry...
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    evacuation mission during the Battle of Goose Green. This was the only confirmed Argentine air-to-air victory of the war. One of these Pucarás crashed into...
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    lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Goose Green. It was known occasionally (and still is...
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