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Ítalo Piaggi
Lieutenant-Colonel Ítalo Ángel Piaggi (17 March 1935; San Fernando, Argentina – 31 July 2012, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine Army (1958–1982) officer who was involved in the Battle of Goose Green as the local Argentine Commanding Officer in the Falklands War.
The defending Argentine Army garrison at Goose Green Settlement and nearby Port Darwin known as Task Force Mercedes consisted principally of Lieutenant-Colonel Italo Ángel Piaggi's 12th Infantry Regiment (RI 12) and a supporting Ranger company of the 25th Special Infantry Regiment (RI Especial 25) as well as various support elements.
With the logistic chain from Port Stanley having largely failed, Lieutenant-Colonel Piaggi on 10 May gave his companies permission to butcher sheep, which were in abundance. On 19 May morale had been significantly raised among the cold, wet and hungry conscripts when Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules transports flying from the mainland parachuted in eight tons of canned food.
On 16 May 1982, Combat Team Güemes (Equipo de Combate Güemes or EC Güemes), comprising 62 Argentine soldiers, NCOs and officers from the 12th and 25th Regiments, was helicoptered to San Carlos to mount guard against a British landing taking place there. Less than a week later, on 21 May, this unit would be the first to spot and engage the main British amphibious landing (Operation Sutton). According to former Private Miguel Francisco García from EC Güemes, upon arrival of the Support Platoon (under Second Lieutenant José Alberto Vásquez) from the 12th Regiment's A Company at San Carlos, Second Lieutenant Roberto Oscar Reyes from the 25th Special Regiment immediately noticed the newly-arrived conscripts from RI 12 had nothing much to eat and he ordered his Ranger-type trained soldiers to share their high-quality cold-weather ration packs that included chocolate bars with the soldiers under the command of Second Lieutenant Vásquez.
On 22 May, Captain Pablo Santiago Llanos of 601 Commando Company (escorting a shot down Royal Air Force Harrier pilot, Flight Lieutenant Jeffrey Glover, from Port Howard to Port Stanley) was present during a brief stop at Goose Green Settlement and witnessed a strike take place on the local airbase on the part of four GR-3 Harriers and observed, "I can assure you, that it was the place where I saw the best come out of people, especially my fellow field-grade and junior rank officers, when it came to fighting spirit. Everyone in Goose Green would leave the cover of houses, and they would position themselves behind whatever cover there was, and would open fire against those jets."
On 23 May, as the men in the 12th Regiment's A Company (under First Lieutenant Jorge Antonio Manresa) had largely been out in the open for a prolonged debilitating period and been reduced to often eating half cooked sheep meat in the wet because of the lack of firewood, two Argentine Air Force Chinook helicopters from Port Stanley delivered over 100 large boxed ration donations that had arrived from the mainland (from civilians volunteers in Argentina) and each soldier in Manresa's company (regardless of rank) received such luxuries like canned tuna and packets of premium cigarettes.
In another attempt to maintain morale, the Regimental Medical Officer, Senior Lieutenant Juan Carlos Adjigogovich says that he and Lieutenant-Colonel Piaggi allowed the 12th Regiment's soldiers, regardless of rank, some Rest and Recreation (R&R) in the Regimental Aid Post and some commandeered civilian houses in Goose Green Settlement.
On 25 May, the 1st Rifle Platoon (under Lieutenant Alejandro José Garra) of the 12th Regiment's A Company was withdrawn from the forward lines (Goose Green Parks) for a period of 24 hours in order to allow the men to warm up, eat properly, shower and get some good sleep in the local R&R Centre that Piaggi had ordered be set up for his companies.
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Ítalo Piaggi
Lieutenant-Colonel Ítalo Ángel Piaggi (17 March 1935; San Fernando, Argentina – 31 July 2012, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine Army (1958–1982) officer who was involved in the Battle of Goose Green as the local Argentine Commanding Officer in the Falklands War.
The defending Argentine Army garrison at Goose Green Settlement and nearby Port Darwin known as Task Force Mercedes consisted principally of Lieutenant-Colonel Italo Ángel Piaggi's 12th Infantry Regiment (RI 12) and a supporting Ranger company of the 25th Special Infantry Regiment (RI Especial 25) as well as various support elements.
With the logistic chain from Port Stanley having largely failed, Lieutenant-Colonel Piaggi on 10 May gave his companies permission to butcher sheep, which were in abundance. On 19 May morale had been significantly raised among the cold, wet and hungry conscripts when Argentine Air Force C-130 Hercules transports flying from the mainland parachuted in eight tons of canned food.
On 16 May 1982, Combat Team Güemes (Equipo de Combate Güemes or EC Güemes), comprising 62 Argentine soldiers, NCOs and officers from the 12th and 25th Regiments, was helicoptered to San Carlos to mount guard against a British landing taking place there. Less than a week later, on 21 May, this unit would be the first to spot and engage the main British amphibious landing (Operation Sutton). According to former Private Miguel Francisco García from EC Güemes, upon arrival of the Support Platoon (under Second Lieutenant José Alberto Vásquez) from the 12th Regiment's A Company at San Carlos, Second Lieutenant Roberto Oscar Reyes from the 25th Special Regiment immediately noticed the newly-arrived conscripts from RI 12 had nothing much to eat and he ordered his Ranger-type trained soldiers to share their high-quality cold-weather ration packs that included chocolate bars with the soldiers under the command of Second Lieutenant Vásquez.
On 22 May, Captain Pablo Santiago Llanos of 601 Commando Company (escorting a shot down Royal Air Force Harrier pilot, Flight Lieutenant Jeffrey Glover, from Port Howard to Port Stanley) was present during a brief stop at Goose Green Settlement and witnessed a strike take place on the local airbase on the part of four GR-3 Harriers and observed, "I can assure you, that it was the place where I saw the best come out of people, especially my fellow field-grade and junior rank officers, when it came to fighting spirit. Everyone in Goose Green would leave the cover of houses, and they would position themselves behind whatever cover there was, and would open fire against those jets."
On 23 May, as the men in the 12th Regiment's A Company (under First Lieutenant Jorge Antonio Manresa) had largely been out in the open for a prolonged debilitating period and been reduced to often eating half cooked sheep meat in the wet because of the lack of firewood, two Argentine Air Force Chinook helicopters from Port Stanley delivered over 100 large boxed ration donations that had arrived from the mainland (from civilians volunteers in Argentina) and each soldier in Manresa's company (regardless of rank) received such luxuries like canned tuna and packets of premium cigarettes.
In another attempt to maintain morale, the Regimental Medical Officer, Senior Lieutenant Juan Carlos Adjigogovich says that he and Lieutenant-Colonel Piaggi allowed the 12th Regiment's soldiers, regardless of rank, some Rest and Recreation (R&R) in the Regimental Aid Post and some commandeered civilian houses in Goose Green Settlement.
On 25 May, the 1st Rifle Platoon (under Lieutenant Alejandro José Garra) of the 12th Regiment's A Company was withdrawn from the forward lines (Goose Green Parks) for a period of 24 hours in order to allow the men to warm up, eat properly, shower and get some good sleep in the local R&R Centre that Piaggi had ordered be set up for his companies.