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2 Para Falklands: The Battalion at War
By Major General John Frost
The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win
By Mark Billingham
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 39870" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Torgerson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Harry Lawrence</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Marine Parachute Bn (XO - HQ Company) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-5773</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Guadalcanal 1942 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Valley Stream,Long Island,New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 29.12.1913, Nassau County, New York, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of late Martin Torinus (1875-1939) and Marie (nee Larsen) Torgerson (1886-1935)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father awarded Medal of Honor for China 1900</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Central High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 MPBn (XO) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 MPR (XO 3 Bn) until 9.12.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 MPR (CO 3 Bn) from 10.12.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 27.08.1958 (Aged 44) Valley Steam, New York, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, New York, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-torgerson.35948/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35948-75d5dfd72b0ed78094bd74785d0497ad.jpg?1632751425" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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