Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – Here come the Marines!

US Marines Private William Kelliher and Corporal Ray Rodgers are taught how to dance by Gisborne Māori, Christmas 1942. [US National Archives]

US marines on board a train which is to take them to their camp at Paekākāriki. 14 Jun 1942 [courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

US servicemen with ‘land girls’ near Pukekohe [US National Archives]

US Marine Corporal Norman Hatch is taught how to dance by Peggy Kaua at Gisborne, Christmas 1942.[US National Archives]