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US Marines playing baseball in Wellington

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Take me out to the ball game: On 31 January 1943, 25,000 spectators packed into Wellington’s Athletic Park to watch an exhibition game of baseball between two US Marine teams.

Read a report from the Evening Post (1 February 1943) on the game.

Credit

Archives New Zealand
Reference: Weekly Review No. 77, 1943
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US Marines playing baseball in Wellington, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/us-marines-baseball-wellington, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated