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British Veteran Returns Helmet to Argentine Veteran
British veteran Andy Gatrick returns a 1982 Falklands War helmet to Argentine veteran Hector Pereyra after tracking him down.
In brief
British veteran Andy Gatrick returns a 1982 Falklands War helmet to Argentine veteran Hector Pereyra after tracking him down. British veteran Andy Gatrick returned a helmet he took from an Argentine soldier during the 1982 Falklands War to Hector Pereyra in Argentina. Originally reported by MercoPress.
British Veteran Returns Helmet
British veteran Andy Gatrick returns a helmet he took from an Argentine soldier during the 1982 Falklands War to Hector Pereyra in Argentina.
1982 Battle of Mount Harriet
Andy Gatrick, aged 18, found two wounded Argentine soldiers at Mount Harriet in June 1982 and kept one's helmet.
Hector Pereyra
Hector Pereyra, an Argentine veteran, received the helmet from Andy Gatrick after being tracked down in Gualeguaychu, Entre Ríos province.
Emotional Reunion
Gatrick and Mick Dawson filmed the reunion, where they embraced like long lost brothers after returning the helmet.
The big picture
British veteran Andy Gatrick returned a helmet he took from an Argentine soldier during the 1982 Falklands War to Hector Pereyra in Argentina.
