37 years after the Falklands War, we remember the women who participated

As has happened with several events in the general history, women who participated in the Falklands war were made invisible And still today, 37 years after April 2, they have trouble getting recognized.

It is about 6 volunteers aboard the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar and 13 other members of the air force who worked at the relocatable hospital of Comodoro Rivadavia. All were in contact with soldiers who had been sent to the front and deserved the recognition of veterans of the Falklands War.

The first arrived on June 4, 1982. At first, they planned to send them to a hospital built on land in Puerto Argentino. The fear of taking them as prisoners forced them to put them on board Irizar.

Their arrival was not easy: on arrival at the hospital ship, located about 600 meters from the islands, the men were surprised and began to charge them with the ignorant myth that ensures that the women in a boat carry misfortune.

Despite their lack of experience, unlike the British nurses, who were already professionals, they were in constant contact with the wounded, whose severity prevented them from continuing on the islands. They arrived on board helicopters or gomons and were loaded onto the ship virtually as far as possible.

The second group consisted of military nurses, receiving about 30 soldiers a day, who arrived at Comodoro Hospital by boat and plane. According to the book "Invisible Mujeres", by Alicia Panero, what they remember most is the wounded who ask their mother as soon as the aircraft doors were opened.

They were between 15 and 30 years old. It was an abuse on the part of the state to recruit minors for this job. They were invisibilizadas, ninguneadas and forgotten. But today, we and we remember it.