Yanks Hit the Jackpot 1944.

[jeff of pa]

Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 16 May 1944.

American Soldiers in the Hollandia area of New Guinea Stuff their pockets with
Japanese invasion money



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1944-05-16/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1923&sort=date&date2=1963&words=Harrisburg+Pa&language=eng&sequence=0&lccn=&index=7&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&year=&phrasetext=harrisburg+pa&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=275

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Guess they spent it once they got to Japan. Those were the days when soldiers could bring home spoils of war.
That link has some fascinating stories.