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Alan Cull describes being a dentist on Korea
Interview with dentist and Korean War veteran Allan Cull
Lindsay Glassey describes shelling from off shore
Interview with a signalman on the HMNZS Taupo during the Korean War
Kiwi stories - Korean War
Listen to some of the stories of New Zealanders involved in the Korean War, 1950-1957.
Laurie Valentine describes the battle of Kapyong
Interview with Gunner Laurie Valentine who served in the Korean War
Bill Keiha describes the food in Korea
Interview with Korean War veteran Wiremu (Bill) Keiha
Spitfire pilot describes attacking enemy transport
Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot, Philip Stewart, from Whanganui, describes how he went about destroying enemy trains and other vehicles.
A Navy Commanding Officer describes D-Day
Jack Ingham, the commanding officer on a Royal Navy Landing Craft, describes his journey across the English Channel on D-Day.
In dissent - Second World War at home
New Zealanders who publicly opposed the war were in a very small minority. They came from two main groups: communists and pacifists.
Home - civilian NZers remember the Second World War
Cover of Alison Parr's book about the experiencs of civilian New Zealanders in the Second World War
Interviewees - Second World War at home
This feature is based on the book by Alison Parr Home: Civilian New Zealanders remember the Second World War published by the Penguin Group in 2010.
'All those lovely young men'
Extract of interview with Marian Beech
'I was surprised that there was this side to him'
Extract from interview with Mae Carson
'I thought of all the terrible six years they'd been'
Extract from interview with Mae Carson
'He got a letter out to us somehow'
Extract of interview with Marjorie Browne
'The fences were doubled'
Extract of interview with Merv Browne
'We had a proper little committee'
Extract from interview with Nancy Gillespie
'Nobody consulted us'
Extract from interview with Joyce Harrison
'I just couldn't get out of the bath fast enough'
Extract of interview with Marian Beech
'It got a lot of sewing done to it during the Cassino time'
Extract from interview with Sheila Smith
'You wondered whether you'd go bush'
Extract of interview with Joyce Maclean

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