Three Days In June - The Incredible Minute by Minute Oral History of 3 Para s Deadly

On its 40th anniversary, the bloodiest battle of the Falklands War is retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there.

About the author

Born in Bootle, Merseyside, where he still lives, James O'Connell enlisted in the Parachute Regiment in 1979.

In April 1982, after a posting in Cold War Germany and a tour of Northern Ireland, the call came to take part in the British Task Force to re-capture the Falklands. During the attack on Mount Longdon, James was shot in the face. A bullet passed through his nose, destroying his right eye, cheekbone and front teeth. Though he survived, five years of reconstructive surgery followed, and James left the army in 1985 as a result of his injuries.

Following the conflict, transition to civilian life was a difficult and James suffered from what was likely undiagnosed PTSD. He eventually married his long-term girlfriend Maureen, who he met in 1981, and they have two sons.

Since 2014, James has helped with the campaign to get a posthumous gallantry medal for Cpl Stewart McLaughlin and was instrumental in getting a memorial erected on Mount Longdon on the exact location where Sgt Ian McKay was killed winning a posthumous Victoria Cross, and he has travelled to the Falklands several times in order to write this book.

Summary

On its 40th anniversary, the bloodiest battle of the Falklands War is retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there.

Foreword

On its 40th anniversary, the bloodiest battle of the Falklands War is retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there.

Product details

• Authors: JAMES O'CONNELL, James O'Connell, O'Connell James
• Assisted by: Lieutenant General Sir Hew Pike (Foreword), Hew Pike (Foreword)
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781913183615
• ISBN: 978-1-913183-61-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 194 mm x 46 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Falklands, Battles & campaigns, True war and combat stories, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, War and defence operations, War & defence operations