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I can not read this please help   Edited by xinfantry
03/02/2016 8:24 pm
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No. three digit or lower,I think. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Some places add premium if it's from the first 2000 notes. Regardless you would need at least 4 zeros in the front.
Still an awesome Hawaii note!!
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Pillar of the Community
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 , with 35 million + printed, I would suspect that at least 4 leading zeroes would be necessary. Just MHO. However, nice note and I'd certainly keep it. |
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I believe it is a list of names,last name is falabella with 2 letters after it. can anyone else read some of the others?
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the writing says put this note in an envelope and mail it to yakimaboy.  |
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It also says on the back edge 180 Meridian & Equator, and on the opposite end it says Saltty Sriffer
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with the Short Snorter assessment, especially given the note's age and that it is an Hawaii note. Cool! Even in that condition it's a great note and a keeper. Think of the history!  Edited by CelticKnot
03/02/2016 11:29 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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oh, and  ! |
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Quote:
I can't read the writing on the note but it looks like you might have a short snorter there.
Thanks for posting this link Buddy. I didn't know it existed. |
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I actually took a look at it and I don't think it is a short snorter. A short snorter would have been signed by different people. If you really look at the letters It looks like all the words/letters were written by the same person, and it doesn't look like names either. Just looks like a note somebody wrote on back in the day IMO, sorry. I could be wrong though, It is really hard to read.
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There was a Gabriel Santos (Santos G third name down) and a Dante Giusto Falabella (Falabella D G the last name) that served together on the USS Colorado during WWII. The other names I can either not make out or do not show on the Muster Roll for the Colorado.
The names all appear to be Hispanic and are very likely some of the Spanish speaking members of the crew. It may be that the names on the Muster Roll and the names they went by do not match as that is not uncommon among Mexicans in particular.
The Colorado served in the Pacific and certainly crossed the 180th Meridian and the Equator.
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Lettow, does that mean it is a short Snorter?
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I just dug a little deep, the two names on this ship were during some major battles and many many many many people were KIA and this ship also helped in the landing on okinawa, It was a battle ship.
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I would classify it as a short snorter.
Passing the 180th meridian and the equator for the first time is a big deal in the Navy. They have a ceremony on ship and during WWII certificates were handed out to the shellbacks who entered the realm of Neptunus Rex by passing over the equator for the first time.
I have seen many notes commemorating this rite of passage signed by the sailors who took part.
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