I don't think anybody is disputing his courage either, but there is a lot of bitterness towards him.
To those of us who are now approaching late middle age, the Falklands conflict was the first real 'war' that came along. The people who fought out there were the first real war heroes the lads of my age (although a bit older than a lad) really had. We weren't around when we actually won anything else before that.
So people like Ward and Col H, and all the others who fought out there and whose names are forgotten, are sort of special, if you know what I mean. Now I think when the historians look at these people they may find character flaws and mistakes they made, like we all have, but I think it's wrong of so many of you lot to have a go at him in such a bitter fashion.
Ward is the sort of person you need to make people sign up, IMO.