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American serviceman chatting up Kiwi woman

Guy meets gal: A Texan Marine throws ‘a mean line’ to a New Zealand helper at the Allied Services Club in Wellington.

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Posted: 28 Jul 2012

Hi Greg - thanks for your comments. You can contact us at [email protected] Regards, Jamie Mackay

Greg Clark

Posted: 28 Jul 2012

I'm currently researching and writing my father's WWII story. He was with the 43rd Division when it visited Auckland in 1944.Your website has been invaluable so far and I'd like to return the favor. Trouble is, I don't know your e-mail address to list as a contact and I'll forget to check my spam after a couple of days, so... Could you acknowledge this quickly with a generic reply?
Thank You,
Greg