Marcelo Llambías Pravaz

Marcelo Llambías Pravaz was born in 1961. He is a decorated retired Major of the Argentine Army, having won the Gallantry In Combat Medal,[1][2] Argentina's second highest military decoration, for his part in the Battle of Two Sisters during the Falklands War. He entered the Colegio Militar de la Nación (Argentine Army Military Academy) in January 1978, graduating as a Second Lieutenant of Promotion Class 113 (nicknamed "Islas Malvinas") on 7 April 1982.

Almost 30 years after the Falklands War, Llambias Pravaz had the opportunity to meet British war veteran Nick Taylor, a squad leader from 45 COMMANDO, in the same place where their respective units fought it out and former Corporal Taylor confessed his admiration of Llambias Pravaz's 3rd Platoon and presented him with a photo album with the photographs he and the Royal Marines found of the Argentine Second Lieutenant and his platoon of conscripts on Two Sisters. British television filmed the event and the story was covered in the main English-speaking newspapers of the world.[3]

References

  1. ↑ After a bloody battle a Royal Marine found an enemy camera. Thirty years later Nick Taylor tracked down the Argentine soldier in the pictures
  2. ↑ Llambias-Pravaz had been commissioned in April 1982 and for his outstanding courage and leadership during the battle was awarded the Gallantry in Combat Medal. 5th Infantry Brigade in the Falklands, Nicholas Van der Bijl, p. 178, Leo Cooper, 2003
  3. ↑ After a bloody battle a Royal Marine found an enemy camera. Thirty years later Nick Taylor tracked down the Argentine soldier in the pictures
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