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  1. 06-02-2012 #1
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    Default USMC - New Zealand Deployment 70 years On

    Two reports (TV3 & Television New Zealand) on anniversary remembrance celebrations marking 70 years since US Marines landed in New Zealand.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiRrqZLEwbA
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    Real Leathernecks right there....SEMPER FI MARINES!

    Eternal debt owed to the people of New Zealand and Australia for everything they did.
    Thank you

    nighthawkoo6 - thank you for the post.
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    Great thread, thank you.
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    I have photos of these two plaques in Wellingtion I took. I guess they have some relevance to the thread.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Insane Tadpole View Post
    I have photos of these two plaques in Wellingtion I took. I guess they have some relevance to the thread.



    Great pics. Thank you for sharing.
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    Sunset Ceremony to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Arrival of US Marines in New Zealand. US Marine Corps personnel and the Marine Forces Pacific Band along with an NZ Army guard and the central band of the RNZAF paraded on the forecourt of Parliament. Crown Copyright 2012, NZ Defence Force – Some Rights Reserved.
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    Hmmm, how to delete this double post?

    Sunset Ceremony to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Arrival of US Marines in New Zealand. US Marine Corps personnel and the Marine Forces Pacific Band along with an NZ Army guard and the central band of the RNZAF paraded on the forecourt of Parliament. Crown Copyright 2012, NZ Defence Force – Some Rights Reserved.
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    Thanks again nighthawk....hope there will be a vid available.

    Damn those Marines look young.
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    No vids of the twilight service as yet.
    In the meantime here are a couple of New Zealand National Film Unit films: First is the arrival of US Marines in 1942 and a baseball game in Wellington.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__gXJpnd_M&feature=plcp

    2.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyA6lmNSr0&feature=plcp
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    A Campbell Live story (by Whena Owen) on the rekindling of a 69 year old war time romance between United States Marine Richard Tracey and New Zealand woman Norma Milford.
    (courtesy Mediaworks, TV3, Campbell Live)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQxuHw4fvo
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    JUNKHO: Just found someone's short video that night...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Q2nE5low4&feature=plcp
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    Hey Insane Tadpole, where's that second plaque sitting? I once stumbled upon the first one but I don't recall the second.
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    Here are a few pics of the US Marine Memorial at Queen Elizabeth Park (formerly Camp Russell).
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