A "Short Snorter" bill. Paper money was
accumulated and kept for a suveneir. These bills were aquired from a
Japanese soldier who received an unfavorable exchange rate. The writing
along the edge says "First plane to Balikpapan. Shot two Japs at end of
strip and took these off one of them. Verfied by O. Walter Simon.
(Courtesy the David Witts
Collection at Stanford University) |
