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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 363763, member: 6986&quot;]Because they were used on board US naval vessels.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Herseyface.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Herseyback.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>During the late 1940s, Dutch troops fought against the independence movement in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.&nbsp; The Dutch began evacuating their forces in 1949-1950.&nbsp; At the same time, US troop ships were being used to transport Displaced Persons from refugee camps in Europe to Australia and New Zealand.&nbsp; The Dutch asked the US to assist in the evacuation since these ships would otherwise be heading back to Europe empty.&nbsp; These notes were used on five of the ships: (1) the General Stewart, (2) the General Black, (3) the General Hersey, (4) the General Mac Gray, and (5) the General Sturgess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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