/taxonomy/term/1109/0 en /media/sound/us-forces-vd <h3>Transcript</h3> <p>It was something that was necessary, they decided, because Wellington and the other cities - Christchurch and Auckland - had been flooded with marines over here for rest and recuperation. They were a long way from home and they were young and they were much more emotional than our own men and they seemed to be hungry for women's company - contact with women. When there is a need it's generally met in some way or another you know. And this is how it happened, at least for some of them, these places sprang up in Wellington to meet their needs.</p> /media/sound/us-forces-vd#comments US Forces in New Zealand americans nursing venereal disease sound Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 282 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz