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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'm stuck on where the hell these guys were finding coconuts...????

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

A lot of WWII was fought on Pacific islands.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not at all. They could be carried.

[–] qc_butter1@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What -- a swallow carrying a coconut?

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

It could grip it by the husk!

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

... The... Pacific theatre?

Whole bunch of tropical islands?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Iwa Jima, guam, midway, all that pacific ocean area they fought the japanese for.

That and or a swallow based logistic system as someone else suggested.