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                  EXPLANATION 50 YEARS LATER "YANKEE DOLLAH"/"YANKEE DOLLAR"
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                  the aircraft inscriptions, the name "Yankee Dollah" was selected 
                  Ewell 
                  Nold, Airplane Commander, as was the usual case.  It came 
                  from the popular Andrew's Sisters song "Rum and Coca Cola."  
                  The song told of a mother and daughter working for the Yankee 
                  Dollah.  The photo showing was on the original plane assigned 
                  to us in the U.S.  The artwork contained a bare breasted 
                  female between the two words but the aircraft was being sponsored 
                  by a civilian Army finance Office in Omaha, Nebraska and the 
                  female had to be changed to the silver dollar for publicity 
                  photos being sent to them.  We flew the plane to Guam but 
                  after arrival there, we never saw it again.  We were considered 
                  a replacement crew, not deserving of a new aircraft. 
                 We 
                  were assigned another aircraft and when Nold had the same name 
                  inscribed, the artisit misspelled "Dollah" for "Dollar"  
                  That's the reason or reason's why you see an older combat photo 
                  plane with name "Yankee Dollar" 
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