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US Marines arriving at Wellington, 1942

US Marines arriving at Wellington, 1942

The smiling faces of US marines soon after their arrival in Wellington on 14 June 1942. They are on board the train which is to take them to their camp at Paekākāriki.

Credit:

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F 32265 1/4
Photographer: George Silk
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Gaelane Rosinski
23 May 2010
I'm looking for anyone who would have known of Keith Lane, a marine from Illinois, US in 1942.

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