CAPTAIN Philip Roberts DSO, above, saw terrible sights as commander of the ship that suffered the worst air raid of the war.
But the Moordown resident said: “Undoubtedly, it was right to retake the Falklands.
“I’d been down there the year before and the islanders were British. You can’t just let someone invade an island with British people living there.
“I would hope we’d go down there again.”
He was the commander of the logistics ship Sir Galahad when it was bombed with the loss of 48 sailors and Welsh Guardsmen.
“The intelligence was that we would be safe there,” he said.
He remembered how, within seconds of seeing the planes, the ship was engulfed in smoke and flames.
He soon gave the order to abandon ship – and was the last man off.
“You could smell the burning flesh,” he said.
“I remember going up to Simon Weston and patting him on the head and saying ‘Okay Taff, you’ll be on the shore pretty soon’ - and all his hair fell out.”
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