After 44 years, Eduardo Canitrot returned to the Falkland Islands. The former combatant of Logistics Battalion 10, now president of the Puerto Argentino Veterans Association of Pinamar, traveled with his daughter and visited the sites he still remembered from 1982.
During his stay, he displayed an Argentine flag at various points across the territory. Images of those moments went viral on social media, but the main objective of the trip was different: to reach the Darwin cemetery.
There, in front of the cross that commemorates frigate captain Pedro Edgardo Giachino, the first Argentine to fall during the landing on April 2, 1982, Canitrot spoke the words he had waited decades to say. “I came, Pedro, as I promised you,” he said.
The journey also took him to Monte Harriet. Under the strong winds of the islands, he raised the flag again and left another phrase recorded in the videos: “My flag does not kneel before anyone.”
The foxhole and the days of combat
Canitrot passed through Pradera del Ganso and Monte Kent, two places closely linked to the conflict. One of the most emotional moments occurred when he managed to identify the area where he had built a foxhole during the war.
