Bill with autographs of WW2 Japanese war criminals

Photo taken in DeKalb, Illinois, in November 2024 shows a 100-yen bill with autographs believed to be those of Japanese war criminals, including Class-A war criminals executed for war crimes after World War II, such as Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). The bill belonged to the late Donald Faivre, an Illinois farmer who served as a guard at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where such war criminals were held during the Allied occupation.

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