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70 years ago this month
May 1942 the Battalion is still at Arsal in the Syrian foothills undertaking exercises and manoeuvres. Major Tiwi Love becomes the first Māori commander of the unit. Read the war diary for May 1942 here
US Marines at the Navy Base hospital, 1943
U.S. Marines convalescing after the Solomon Islands campaign and women from a Māori entertainment group at the U.S. Navy Base hospital on March 4, 1943.
Back row: Hine Kāhiki, Bonnie Amohau, Nancy Hakopa, Sergeant Norman T Hatch of Boston and Te Huinga Metekingi.
Front row: Corp. Jim Tullos of Philadelphia, Mississippi and P.F.C Albert C Bennett of Chicago, Illinois.
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Photograph supplied by Susan Strange. Held at the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration.
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Submitted by mbadmin on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 17:56. 
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