It’s hard to have risked your life in the service of your country and, when you return, find that no one values your sacrifice. I needed psychological help to understand what was happening to me. The psychologist explained that the pain was mine alone: what I experienced in Malvinas was not experienced by my neighbor, nor by my daughters, nor by my wife. If others wanted to join me, they would be welcome. But I couldn’t drag others into my trauma and take away their happiness. Destiny sometimes twists lives and you can’t do anything about it.

Perhaps when the last veteran dies, Argentina will pay tribute to the veterans of Malvinas.