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Titahi Bay cenotaph
Titahi Bay's war memorial is a large cenotaph devoid of any names. Located next to the cenotaph is a plaque commemorating the United States Armed Forces who had a major camp on the site during the Second World War.
US Marines training in the Tararua Ranges
US Marines rest in scrub at the Army School of Mountain Warfare in the Tararua Ranges, between 1942 and 1944
United States Navy tragedy at Paekākāriki
A first-hand account of a tragic event during the Second World War when 10 US Navy personnel drowned off the coast at Paekākāriki
Sound: Marines reunion

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

US Marines arriving at Wellington, 1942
The smiling faces of US marines soon after their arrival in Wellington on 14 June 1942
US Marines at Oriental Bay
Marines stop for a breather near Oriental Bay after a route march around Wellington
Mending clothes for Marines

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

Sound: Marines and military police in New Zealand
Hear Ena Ryan talk about US military police and prostitutes in Wellington during the Second World War
Sound: Marines arrive in Wellington
Hear Ena Ryan talk about US Marines arriving in Wellington in 1942
Kiwi family hosting Marines

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

Marines arrive in Wellington
On arrival in Wellington the Marines are greeted at the bottom of the gangway by New Zealand soldiers
Marine's parade in Wellington
Marines march throughout the streets of Wellington in a formal parade
Marine unloading supplies
A US Marine removes food supplies from an army truck. The sack is labelled: 'Kiwi mild cure bacon and hams. Bacon Co. Ltd, Palmerston North'.
Sound: meeting US troops
Ena Ryan talks about meeting troops marching and the lack of local support for them in Wellington.
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