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British dad still grieving over soldier son's death in Falkland war

It's taken Terry Lightfoot a long time to come to terms with his son's death. He thinks of Paul all the time, lays a wreath at a memorial to him on his birthday and on the day he died - but still something was missing.
It wasn't until Terry travelled to the Falkland Islands that he found it. That's where 21-year-old Paul died.

He was serving in the SAS in the 1982 conflict when the helicopter he and 17 other men were in crashed into the sea.

Their bodies were never recovered and the site of the crash was declared a military grave.

Meeting people from the Falklands and seeing where Paul died helped Terry find the closure he has looked for over the last 25 years.
Read entire article at BBC