World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. US troops in New Zealand

Photographs of American forces in New Zealand from their time of arrival in Auckland and Wellington. Some are captioned.

Includes views of arrival by ship; RNZAF welcoming band; marching to railway station and from station to camp; drinking milk; `shooting craps'; Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare, 1943; US Naval Base Hospital, Silverstream (interior); telephone operator; gunners; light artillery practise; Christmas celebrations at US Naval Hospital, Auckland; American nurses outside Auckland war Memorial Museum; Camp MacKay; US soldiers receiving citation orders; Marine Corps at Wellington War Memorial showing Parliament Buildings and Bowen Street in the background; etc.

Captioned photos include: Wing Commander R J Cohen, Air Commodore M V Buckley & Commodore E Rotheram; American officers of the Navy and Marine Corps attending a special New Year festival at Ngaruawahia Pa showing Princes Te Puea with Captain S D Jupp; onel J H Nankivell, US military attache in Wellington, presenting citations at US naval hospital, Wellington, 1943; Brigadier General P Hurley addressing a meeting; Chief Petty Officer Artie Shaw; Admiral William F Halsey's visit to Auckland accompanied by Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Lt Commander Brooks Clifford & Captain S D Jupp; Major G F Yerex, commandant of Army School of Bush & Mountain Warfare with Staff Sergeant A C Hulme and US Marine Corps officer, 1943.

Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s).