In the early hours of Monday morning, more than 200 relatives of Argentinian soldiers killed in the Falklands war are to take a three-hour flight to RAF Mount Pleasant, the remote islands’ main airport. For many Argentinian families that have been able to visit the islands occasionally since the war in 1982, there has been no specific grave by which to mourn and grieve, only a graveyard. The bodies of 121 soldiers were never identified and the stark inscription on each gravestone reads only “Argentinian soldier known only to God”. The soldiers will no longer only be known solely to God, but once again to their families. The hope is that we can get over this pain by releasing love and trying to stop conflict, either internal or external.”Falklands: Argentinian soldiers' relatives to put names on graves Read moreThe planning for the day has been meticulous.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2018 09:22 UTC