'I Saw Friends Blown Up in Front of Me' ; a Royal Marine Who Witnessed Colleagues 'Blown-Up' in Front of Him, has Spoken of His Time in Afghanistan, Following News the Uk Death Toll in the Country has Reached 100.

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph › June 11, 2008

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A Royal Marine who witnessed colleagues 'blown-up' in front of him, has spoken of his time in Afghanistan, following news the UK death toll in the country has reached 100.

Lance Cpl Richard Todd (35) spent six months in Afghanistan's Helmand Province from October last year as part of Operation Herrick 7, working alongside many troops, including members of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

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'I Saw Friends Blown Up in Front of Me' ; a Royal Marine Who Witnessed Colleagues 'Blown-Up' in Front of Him, has Spoken of His Time in Afghanistan, Following News the Uk Death Toll in the Country has Reached 100.

The former Scunthorpe schoolboy was involved in dangerous expeditions during his time there and was instrumental in the...

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