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Awarding Purple Hearts to US servicemen, 1943

Image

On 31 January 1943 a number of wounded patients were awarded the Purple Heart for bravery in action at the US naval base hospital at Silverstream, Upper Hutt.

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F 82240 1/2
Photographer: John Pascoe
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Awarding Purple Hearts to US servicemen, 1943, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/awarding-purple-hearts-us-servicemen-1943, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated