Warrant Officer First Class Dicky Davies and Chief Petty Officer Mark "Bungy" Edwards are veterans of the bomb and missile attacks.

Back in 1982, Dicky was a 21-year-old leading seaman aboard HMS Broadsword, and Bungy was an artificer apprentice on HMS Yarmouth.

Dicky remembered the landings of 21 May 1982 vividly:

"In the afternoon, the Argentines came at us in waves of four to six aircraft. The high ground around San Carlos meant the ship's radar was of little use. Generally, the crew had to man their guns and hope for the best."

Aboard Yarmouth, Bungy was a member of a damage control party and waited below decks:

"I was in blissful ignorance of most of the things going on outside," he recalled.

A few days later, Broadsword, with Dicky aboard, was back out at sea, but there was no safety there. Broadsword was near Coventry when the latter was hit by four Skyhawks. The Type 42 destroyer capsized with the loss of 19 men. Dicky and his shipmates helped the survivors board their ship. Some were clutching nothing but letters received from their loved ones.

Bungy's ship, HMS Yarmouth, rushed to the assistance of HMS Sheffield when the destroyer was hit by an Exocet. He recalled:

"I was using a hose to cool the heli-deck, as she was carrying torpedoes there. We tried to tow Sheffield to South Georgia, but she sank under tow."

Looking back on the terrible events of 25 years ago, Dicky said:

"We grew up very quickly then. I allow myself to visit the war occasionally. It comes back when it wants to. If I go to church, I spend a few minutes thinking about the guys."