In Pensacola, 2009

At home base

Major Art Jones and Major Ed Kent in New York City, 1945.

Korean 100 WON banknote signed by Gen. John R. Hodge and others after round-trip flight from Kimpo, Korea to Tokyo, Japan on June 21st, 1948. The handwriting above the signatures is my dad’s, Arthur M. Jones.

Other signatures may be:

• William M. Delaney
• RW Pitts
• Jimmy Phillips
• Max C. Hawkes

If you have an idea who these other signatures may be please let me know.

From 1945 to 1948, Hodge was the military governor of South Korea under the United States Army Military Government in Korea. He was the commanding officer receiving the surrender of all Japanese forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel.