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Hear Ena Ryan talk about the Military Police and Sydney prostitutes.

Ena Ryan talks about wartime Wellington of the 1940s during the time when US troops were in town.

Hear Peter Aranyi report from a reunion of former US marines who spent time in NZ during World War Two, the marines calling New Zealand 'the heaven they came to on their way to hell'.

Ena Ryan talks about meeting troops marching and lack of local support in Wellington.

The marines parade through the streets of Wellington on Poppy Day, 16 April 1943

Two marines enjoying malted milks and orangeades with two Kiwi soldiers and two WAACs at the Allied Services Club in Wellington

On arrival in Wellington the marines are greeted at the bottom of the gangway by New Zealand soldiers

The marines get off ship in Wellington and are offered milk on the wharf

The marines travelled by train from Wellington to Paekakariki from where they disembarked and marched to camp

The smiling faces of the marines soon after their arrival in Wellington on 14 June 1942

A marine removes stores from an army truck. The sack has the words 'Kiwi mild cure bacon and hams. Bacon Co. Ltd, Palmerston North'

Marines training for mountain warfare in the Tararua Ranges

Marine on artillery practice, ready with a shell

At the opening of the Silverstream hospital the marines provided their own band

A New Zealand family who offered entertainment were the Lipshams of Manurewa, shown here hosting a going-away party for some marines

Marines march throughout the streets of Wellington in a formal parade

Marines iron their clothes at the American Red Cross's Cecil Club in Wellington

Marines stop for a breather near Oriental Bay after a route march around Wellington

Marines on 'liberty passes' have their clothes mended by willing volunteers at the Red Cross's Cecil Club in Wellington