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As a gun fired seven anniversary shots at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North, Mihiteria King held a special framed black and white photograph.
The young man in his crisp, pressed army uniform is her father Hemi Kingi, and he'd just landed in Japan, on his way to fight the Korean War with the 16th Field Regiment.
On Thursday, that regiment marked its 75th anniversary.
Set up to join international forces in that Cold War battle, it's since served around the world, and veterans from many of modern history's turbulent times, and their families, marked its birthday at Linton.
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