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New Zealand Sealane Center of the South Pacific

The Pacific Story · January 16, 1944 · 30 min · 4,664 words

The transcript of “New Zealand Sealane Center of the South Pacific”, an episode of The Pacific Story first broadcast January 16, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Pacific Story plays The Pacific Story free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the midst of the fury of world conflict, events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and its peoples whose destiny is at stake in the Pacific War.

Here is the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Pacific story presented by the National Broadcasting Company and dedicated to a full understanding of the vast Pacific Basin.

This broadcast series comes to you as another public service. The drama of the past and present of the millions of people who live around the world's greatest sea, where the east at last meets the west.

New Zealand, sea lane center of the South Pacific. Look at that mud. The mud is much in enemy ill, but jabs. Yeah, every guy looks the same.

Look to if they're getting near the loss of it. It's a terrific job. Moving up supplies in a place like Burgenville. I have an idea that we'll be getting the order to advance anytime now.

Yeah, I want to get gone. It will probably be in a while yet. Hey, you're with that New Zealand outfit, Nairs, doesn't you? Yes. I hit the beach for the first American outfit. Yes, we came in right next to you.

Oh, we've been doing it ever since we hit the beach. Let's bring a shore of supplies. Charles gasoline rations who it takes a lot of it yeah but I'm all steamed up I want to get going it's going to be tough these jungles here on Bowman wheel off field is jet I've seen plenty of them already you see a lot more when the order

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