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Yankee boys, Kiwi girls - US Forces in New Zealand

Yankee boy hits town

Whether they were New Zealanders in Cairo or Americans in Wellington, soldiers of all nations had one thing in common. Having worked hard in camp or at the front, they wanted to play hard. Young, healthy, and unrestrained by the precepts of family and community, wondering if the next month might bring death, the soldier abroad turned instinctively to pleasures of the flesh.

The end or a beginning? - US Forces in New Zealand

War brides leaving for the US

War brides leaving for the US

Almost 1500 New Zealand women married American servicemen. Before departing for the United States, some of the war brides pose with an American soldier in Albert Park, Auckland.

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