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Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone
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Operation Certain Death. A hazardous rescue mission in the heart… | by Fearghal Fitzgibbon | History of Yesterday
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