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Offline Templar

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UNDERGROUND MESSAGES
April 17, 2010, 06:19:52 AM
IT SEEMS THAT MONEY WAS USED TO CONVEY MESSAGES BY THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WHILE UNDER JAPANESES CONTROL IN WWII........I FOUND THIS NOTE IN A BOX OF PAPER NOTES AND I THOUGHT T WAS A U.S. BILL BUT IT WAS MADE BY THE OCCUPYING JAPS TO FOOL SOME PEOPLE---THIS NOTE WAS PASSED ALONG AS CURRENCY BUT IF YOU LOOK CAREULLY YOU WILL SEE A MESSAGE TO SOMEONE NAMED LYLE--------JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY WITH YOU AND I HOPE YOU CAN READ IT

        THANKS FOR LOOKING--------THE TEMPLAR

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TIME WAS INVENTED SO EVERYTHING WOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ONCE!
 


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Re: UNDERGROUND MESSAGES
April 17, 2010, 06:21:31 AM
HERE IS THE BACKSIDE OF THE NOTE

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Re: UNDERGROUND MESSAGES
April 17, 2010, 07:35:07 AM
Really nice piece of history you have there. It look like Annie was wishing Lyle luck at Floridablanca on 6/5/45 and then (maybe) Mecly was wishing her luck from Guagua on 6/6/45 so maybe Lyle was taking a trip. It would be nice to know more.  ;D I love stuff like this.  ;D

 


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Re: UNDERGROUND MESSAGES
April 17, 2010, 10:38:34 AM
Nice note Joe. Thanks for sharing.   :)

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Re: UNDERGROUND MESSAGES
April 17, 2010, 04:28:50 PM

Now if you only knew who they were....I am sure there is a story here.

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