New Zealand seamen celebrate victory in London in 1945. They are some of the 4700 New Zealanders who were attached to the Royal Navy on D-Day. Many of them were on board the ships that carried the invasion force to Normandy and supported it with naval gunfire.
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'New Zealand seamen celebrate VE Day', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/nz-seamen-ve-day, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-May-2014
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