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American servicemen playing cards

US Marines play blackjack in a camp near Whāngārei, circa 1943. These men are probably from the 3rd Marine Division, the bulk of which was stationed in camps around Auckland, Warkworth and Whāngārei before heading to the Solomon Islands in October 1943.

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  • Eleanor Roosevelt's visit, 1943
    US Forces in New Zealand

Keywords

leisure
american forces
whangarei
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/4-000388-F
Photographer: John Pascoe
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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