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American servicemen with 'land girls'

Private Arlen Olson (left) and Corporal Al Cartwright pose for a photograph with New Zealand ‘land girls’ Dorothy Penny and Lindsay Horwell (right), who they are helping harvest crops at Patumāhoe, near Pukekohe.

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pukekohe
farming
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US National Archives

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'American servicemen with 'land girls'', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/americans-help-harvesting-crops, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012

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