Sound archives U.S.S. Sampson

The US Navy has been back in New Zealand waters over the past week, for the first time in over 30 years.

U.S.S. Sampson off Kaikoura. Image: New Zealand Defence Force

American servicemen and unidentified women at Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1942. Image: National Library.

United States sailors and their partners at a dance at the Majestic Cabaret in Willis Street, Wellington, circa 1942. Image: National Library.

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