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Gefallen Engel U-666
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A good 'sawbones' is hard to find

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But just years after being decorated in Britain(OBE), Dr Jolly was handed the equivalent honour in Argentina... for saving the lives of their soldiers too.
As the war raged Dr Jolly’s makeshift hospital in the frontline offered exactly the same level of care to both sides.
Now a week before the 30th anniversary of the start of the war, Dr Jolly’s amazing story of bravery and compassion can be told for the first time.
“Our attitude was simple...to treat the injured Argentinians in a way we would like to be treated,” says Dr Jolly, who insists he was only doing his duty.
“Before the battle of Trafalgar Nelson wrote a prayer in his cabin, saying: ‘May humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet.’ As a naval officer those words meant a lot to me so looking after the enemy’s wounded as though they were your own was instinctive.
“Over the years I’ve been asked what I’d do if I had to choose who to treat first, an Argentinian or a Brit. My answer was always whoever needed attention more urgently. As far as I am concerned you have to be able to look into your soul and like what you find there.”
Dr Jolly, the hospital’s senior medical officer, insisted that all his men follow his example. And they were happy to do so, treating the wounded enemy with complete respect as the conflict raged across the Falklands in South Georgia, Goose Green and Port Stanley
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/incredible-story-of-the-falklands-war-hospital-771593
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