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Re: Attitudes toward Korean War

To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: Attitudes toward Korean War
From: <RonaldS842@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:49:37 EDT
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In a message dated 8/3/01 4:21:26 AM, a0019874@airmail.net writes:

<< You got cheated. Sea store cigarettes on the tin cans were $0.70/carton
in 1951.

Don
 >>

Hi all-

   In Japan cigarettes were $1.00 per carton. The exchange rate was 360 yen 
per dollar and you could sell all the cartons of Luckys or Camels you could 
get for around 1000 yen. A lot of us got our first financial business 
education in the military.

Ron

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