42 Commando's difficult move to Mount Kent

Nick Vaux's account follows 42 Commando as it tries to move K Company, headquarters, mortars, ammunition, and air-defense weapons onto Mount Kent. The plan repeatedly contracts because Sea King crews receive late notice, the only available Chinook crew has flown almost continuously for forty-eight hours, and competing commitments consume lift capacity. A first attempt ends in a dangerous whiteout that forces repeated emergency landings and leaves the embarked marines shaken. Naval movement-control specialists later translate tactical priorities into aircraft loads with the communications and ammunition the troops need. Holding Mount Kent opened much of the approach toward Port Stanley.