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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1388129, member: 6986&quot;]There really is not that much more to it.&nbsp; During WWII, the military base at Roswell, NM was the site of an internment camp for Japanese-Americans.&nbsp; Those who worked in the camp received their pay in chits that came in booklets.&nbsp; The chits could be spent at facilities on the installation.</p><p><br /></p><p>A similar practice was also followed in POW camps in the United States.&nbsp; POWs were paid the same as the equivalent rank in the US military for daily labor (an enlisted man earned 80 cents per day) and could spend their chits at camp canteens.&nbsp; When the war was over and they were repatriatedm, the prisoners were given the balance in their account in the form of a Military Payment Order that could only be cashed by US military finance officers overseas.&nbsp; Here is an example of one of these items.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/germanpow.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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