Falkland Islands
After the Falklands War, due to the distances involved when patrolling, some British Army infantry units were taught to ride Welsh mountain ponies.
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Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)