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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 369242, member: 6986&quot;]<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Meade5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There were hundreds of POW camps located thoughout the United States during WWII.&nbsp; Prisoners were paid 80 cents per day.&nbsp; They could spend the money in camp canteens. Chit books were printed for this purpose.&nbsp; Not all camps issued chits.&nbsp; This one was used at Ft. Meade.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most POW chits are rare.&nbsp; Chits and tokens used in US Internment Camps for civilians are even more scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of the war, the prisoners received payment orders (similar to a check but not negotiable) for the balance of their accounts.&nbsp; Some of these amounted to several hundred dollars.&nbsp; These payment orders (I will post one after I get home tonight) could only be cashed at US military facilities in their home country after repatriation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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