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Supplies for American forces at Wellington docks

Supplies for American forces at Wellington docks

The New Zealand economy benefited from the American presence during the Second World War. Here we see American ships and a huge volume of material awaiting storage and shipment on the Wellington wharves in August 1942.

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: PA Coll-6075-32
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