Divis, you know that I pulled up Keith when he made some points that I felt were untrue? Well, sorry, but having read the article I feel I must pull you up for the same. This guy does seem to be a war hero. He joined the Army in 1931. If we assume he was 16 then by the time he made his 650th jump alongside 'present day paratroopers' in 1969 he would have been 54 years old. Any service he made in the 70s would have been pretty much 'behind the lines'. Surely the comment 'alongside present day paras' also indicates his active service was finished by 1969?

By all means attack those who were responsible for the attrocities in NI. Blame the soldiers who perpetrated the terrible things against your family but targetting this bloke does seem a little unfair. To me anyway.

At the end of the day it is a detraction from the thread anyway. I don't know who started it but surely it is time to agree that some of the soldiers in Northern Ireland were a bad lot but this guy was not amongst them?

Or, as me mum said, 'you two pack it in or I'll knock yer heads together'. :-)

Cheers

DtG