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Bikini Atoll - Short Snorter
| Issuer | Joint Task Force One / Task Group One.Five |
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| Year | 1946-1947 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | JOINT TASK FORCE ONE ARMY K58509520 E SHORT SNORTER 58th WING 509 COMPOSITE GROUP NAVY K58500320 E 509 SERIE 1946 A Καιρος BIKINI ATOLL CROSSROADS 509 |
| Reverse description | Souvenir note printed in green on cream paper, centred on large ornate letterpress text reading BIKINI and KWAJALEIN within an elaborate scrollwork border. Left circular vignette shows a B-29 bomber in silhouette; right vignette shows an island map outline. Small unit mascot medallions appear at lower corners; 58th Wing insignia at upper corners. |
| Reverse lettering | TASK GROUP ONE. FIVE BIKINI KWAJALEIN SHORT SNORTER |
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