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Hawaii Varieties: 8/30
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (YB Block) ~~
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (ZB Block)
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (AC Block) ~~
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (CC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (FC Block)
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (LC Block) ~~
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (PC Block) ~~
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (SC Block) ~~
~~ 1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300* (*A Block) ~~

1934 $5 Hawaii Fr. 2301 (LA Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2301m (LA Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Fr. 2301* (L* Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2301m* (L* Block)
~~ 1934A $5 Hawaii Fr. 2302 (LA Block) ~~
1934A $5 Hawaii Fr. 2302* (L* Block)

1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303 (LA Block)
1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303 (LB Block)
1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303* (L* Block)

1934 $20 Hawaii Fr. 2304 (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2304m (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Late Finished Back Plate #204 Fr. 2304Lfb (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Fr. 2304* (L* Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Fr. 2304m* (L* block) mule
1934 $20 Hawaii Late Finished Back Plate #204 Star Fr. 2304*Lfb (L* Block)

~~ 1934A $20 Hawaii Fr. 2305 (LA Block) ~~
1934A $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2305m (LA Block)
~~ 1934A $20 Hawaii Late Finish Back Plate #204 Fr. 2305Lfb (LA Block) ~~
~~ 1934A $20 Hawaii Fr. 2305* (L* Block) ~~
1934A $20 Hawaii Late Finished Back Plate #204 Star Fr. 2305*Lfb (L* Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2305m* (L* Block)


USS LST-669 (LST-669) Crew Roster

Year Rank/Rate Last Name First Name Hometown Home State Remembered by
1940 Tkatch Ambrose Nanticoke PA
1940 MA Jones Richard Pittsburgh PA
1943 AB Richards Kenneth Farmington MI
1944 AB Richards Kenneth Farmington MI
1944 CS Schirtz Robert Mattydale NY Email
1944 LT Peveto Sidney Irving TX Email
1944 LTJG Stott Thomas Beverly MA Email
1944 MM Juhl Andy Tecumseh OK


Sidney K. Peveto (LT) Was born Oct. 22 1922, in orange TX. He entered the navy V-12 program at central Missouri state university in July 1943 was commissioned an ensign at Columbia university in Feb. 1944. he served as a communications officer, LST 669 and transported invasion troops to Eniwetok, Admiralty islands, Iwo Jima, Philippines, and Okinawa. They were underway to invade Japan when the bombs were dropped.

USS Daggett County

GROUPS
At anchor. Mostly bow only showing.

#1 - 267,713
#2 - 707,757,786
#3 - 811,1103
#4 - 704,909,1088
#5 - 26,622,766,830
#6 - 26,766,1072
#7 - 669,706,728,1066




















Palmyra Island was discovered by "accident" one night in 1798 by American sea captain Edmond Fanning

Palmyra is officially listed by the U.S. government as an island, but is actually an atoll. The difference between an atoll and an island is that an atoll is formed by the growth of coral around the rim of an ancient ocean volcano that has sunk below the surface of the sea

8/15/41 was the official opening the air station. Palmyra Atoll Airfield (P16, PLPA), Palmyra Atoll 5.88 North / 162.08 West is near the very center of the Pacific Ocean or about 1000 nautical miles south-southwest of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean (or about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa). The island measures approximately a mile and a half in length by a half mile wide.

In 1934, Palmyra Atoll was placed under the Department of the Navy. When the U.S. Navy took over to use the atoll as a Naval Air Station on August 15, 1941, the atoll was owned privately by American citizens, including Hawaiians. Although the private-ownership status of the island was eventually resolved in favor of the Fullard-Leo family, the island was still used as a naval air facility during World War II in the Pacific. Palmyra also became a base of operations for air attacks against Japan. As a result, military relics can be found in abundance there such as old gun emplacements, ammunition and fuel dumps, abandoned war equipment, machine-gun bunkers, underground tunnels and buildings, as well as what is left of the old landing strip, lending a timeless and ghostly feeling to the place.

Hal Horton, a former Navy officer was stationed on Palmyra from 1942 to 1944 and had this to say about the island:

"Once one of our patrol planes went down near the island. We searched and searched but didn’t find so much as a bolt or piece of metal. It was weird. Like they’d dropped off the edge of the earth. Another time, a plane took of from the runway, climbed to a couple hundred feet, and turned in the wrong direction. They were supposed to go north and they went south instead. It was broad daylight. We never could figure it out. There were two men aboard that plane. We never saw them again. We had some very bad luck on that island. Old salts in the Pacific called it the Palmyra Curse. (The island)...is very small. You (could) fly over it at ten thousand feet and not see it if there (were) a few clouds in the sky. Once we heard a plane over head trying to find us, but he crashed in the drink before he could find the runway. We didn’t get to the poor guy fast enough. Sharks found him first."

At June 30, 1944 Navy layout of the facilities on Palmyra depicted a total of 3 runways. The earliest aircraft accident to be recorded on the Palmyra airfield was in June 16, 1942. A U.S. Army Air Force Douglas C-53 (41-20069) flew from Honolulu to Palmyra, where it was damaged beyond repair.

Primarily, Palmyra functioned as a refueling station during World War II for long-range air patrols against Japan and extended submarines missions in the Pacific. The island itself was attacked only once when a Japanese submarine surfaced offshore and began shelling the beach and a dredging barge with it’s deck gun. A five-inch gun battery on the island drove the submarine off.

When Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959, Palmyra, which had been officially part of the City & County of Honolulu, was explicitly separated from the new state as an Incorporated Territory of the U.S., administered by U.S. Department of Interior.




A book called "And the Sea Will Tell", is based on a true story of a double murder that took place on isolated Palmyra Island in 1974.

The "Palmyra Curse". According to this tale, although Palmyra appears to be a tropical island paradise, there also seems to be a supernatural pattern of disaster and near-disaster associated with the place. While many people who have ventured to Palmyra have described it as nothing short of a true paradise here on Earth, quite a few sailors who visited the island in the time before and after the murders took place have commented on the sense of "something not being quite right" on Palmyra and speak in cloaked terms of a malevolent aura and a foreshadowing of doom that the island seems to possess. Listen to Richard Taylor, a yachtsman who spent time on Palmyra in 1977 and who had this to say in his testimony at the murder trial:

I had a foreboding feeling about the island. It was more than just the fact that it was a ghost-type island. It was more than that. It seemed to be an unfriendly place to be. I've been on a number of atolls, but Palmyra was different. I can't put my finger on specifically why, but it was not an island that I enjoyed being on. I think other people have had difficulties on that island.

Norman Sanders, another yachtsman who conducted geological experiments on Palmyra and who testified at the double murder trial, had this to say about the island:

Palmyra is one of the last uninhabited islands in the Pacific. The island is a very threatening place. It is a hostile place. I wrote in my log: "Palmyra, a world removed from time, the place where even vinyl rots. I have never seen vinyl rot anywhere else."

He also wrote that "Palmyra will always belong to itself, never to man. It is a very forbidding place." (3)

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"OFFICIAL" Hawaii thread!! Post your Hawaii notes here. Fancy Serials, Stars, Short Snorters, Block sets, Stamped VJ notes, Errors, Sheets, Low ball, ANYTHING!

Ok. I labled the thread "Official" so I hope people post. I love Hawaii notes. I know alot of you like them as well. I have conversations every week about Hawaii notes through PM's with different forum members. I collect every type and style when it comes to these.

I am hoping to add more short snorters this year. I love reseaching the names, ships, ect.

I also have a ton of census data on these. I keep a census on Stars, AC, ZB, FC blocks, Cancelled notes, Errors, Late plates, Sheets, Low serials, Fancy Serials, starting to do Short Snorters with famous names, Radars, Repeaters, and anything else interesting. If you ever have anything to share please contact me. Also if you ever need help with something contact me and I'll try my best.

If you have a story to go with your notes I would love to hear it.



This first note is one of my favorites. I bought it Feb of this year. I had alot of fun researching this note. I love the embossed seal! It was fun playing with the LED light. I did the best I could with the pics. The bottom pic of the map shows where they left a small atoll Eniwetok (Marshall Islands) and headed toward Manus in the Admirality islands. The USS LST 669 landed October 4th 1944 at the Admirality islands. That trip is the one where they crossed the equator. My note puts them at the equator Oct. 2nd 1944. Time 0500. That is so cool.

























My wife bought this for me for valentines day. I love it. I will never get tired of searching for more info on this one. I think she enjoyed seeing everything I found so far.









The USS Deuel (APA-160) was launched September 9th, 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland. It was under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. Himmelright transferred to the Navy October 13th, 1944 and commissioned the same day, Captain D. G. McMillan was in command.

Deuel sailed from San Diego November 25th, 1944, and after training at Pearl Harbor staged at Saipan for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On February 19th, 1945 she helped land the 5th Marines in the initial assault. She stood off the island for 6 days, embarking casualties for transportation to hospitals at Guam. After replacing her boats at Florida Island, and training at Espiritu Santo, she sailed from Ulithi April 4th to transport support troops to Okinawa where she embarked casualties for transfer to Saipan.

From May 28th, to August 27th, 1945 the USS Deuel operated in the Philippines on transport and training duty. She carried Army troops to Japan for occupation duty in September, then returned to San Pedro Bay, Leyte to embark more troops and a civil administration party which she landed at Kure between the 5th and 11th of October. Assigned to "Magic Carpet" duty, she carried servicemen from the Pacific home to the west coast until January 1946, then sailed for the east coast where she was placed out of commission May 17th, 1946, berthed at Norfolk.

Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, September 2nd 1945


List of Attack Transports (APA)

USS Bosque (APA-135)
USS Botetourt (APA-136)
USS Briscoe (APA-65)
USS Cecil (APA-96)
USS Clearfield (APA-142)
USS Cullman (APA-78)
USS Darke (APA-157)
USS Dauphin (APA-97)
**USS Deuel (APA-160)**
USS Dickens (APA-161)
USS Hansford (APA-106)
USS Highlands (APA-119)
USS Lavaca (APA 180)
USS Lenawee (APA-195)
USS Mellette (APA-156)
USS Missoula (APA-211)
USS Rutland (APA-192)
USS St. Mary's (APA-126)
USS Sherburne (APA-205)
USS Sheridan (APA-51)
USS Talladega (APA-208)

USS DEUEL APA 160 CREW
Year Rank/Rate Last Name, First Name, Hometown & State
1943 -- Nicoletti, Thomas East Meadow NY
1944 BM Bishop, Terrell Atkins AR
1944 HM Sliker, Charles Milwaukee WI
1944 PM Turissini, Hugo Peckville PA
1944 SC Snyder, William Crosby PA



Another Valentines day gift from my wife. The seller of the note wrote a letter to go along with it. I thought that was awesome. I am still trying to find a Doug Carter WW2 Pilot out there. My wife contacted the seller and asked if he had any more info or photo's of anyone on the note. She also asked if he had anything on Doug Carter or a photo that we could buy from him, but he didn't. I can only make out one name on this one. If you feel like taking a shot at it I would love the help.






Christmas gift from my wife 2010. Haven't found anything on this yet but I'm trying. I like how easy it is to make the names out on this one.





Near solid fancy serial number L77777771C Short Snorter note. I found out with some help that E M 2/C means electricians mate second class petty officer. MM 1/C is a machinist mate first class petty officer. I fell in love when I saw this note. The seller said he had more but never got back to me. Along with this one he had L77777701C and L77777709C. I passed on those. I was hoping he had the solid but I never heard a thing after all the notes that were listed sold.








Start of a block set. I need to stay on track and focus on finishing this, but it's so hard when a cool note pops up. My goal is to have this done by the end of 2012. After it is completed I will do a block set of $10's. That set should move faster. There's only 3 in that set






My lowball note. I know there's a "2" out there on a $5. I hope one day I find it.




Repeater, Radar, and a low serial number on a AC block. It was the 65th note printed and still the lowest AC block known.






My matching pair I put together with the help of (Maxcrusha)





Hawaii dala note my wife bought for my birthday. I don't know much about it but I like it. I have not seen one listed since this one so I'm not sure if thats good or bad?




Some additional info for you

$1 Hawaii serial number range
Y 686 28001 B - Y 716 28000 B
(300) radars printed
Z 990 00001 B - Z 999 99999 B
(99) radars printed
A 990 00001 C - A 999 99999 C
(99) radars printed
C 000 00001 C - C 070 00000 C
(700) radars printed
F 419 64001 C - F 419 76000 C
(1 ) radar printed
L 759 96001 C - L 789 96000 C
(299) radars printed
P 319 92001 C - P 370 32000 C
(503) radars printed
S 399 96001 C - S 549 96000 C
(1,499) radars printed
* 648 12001 A - * 648 60000 A
(4) radars printed
* 660 84001 A - * 661 08000 A
(2) radars printed
* 702 60001 A - * 703 32000 A
(6) radars printed
* 873 60001 A - * 874 08000 A
(6) radars printed
* 911 28001 A - * 911 40000 A
(1) radar printed

Dates printed
Y-B 6/7-8/42
Z-B 7/15/42
A-C 8/20/42
C-C 9/29 - 10/8/42
F-C 2/12/43
L-C 11/4-6/43
P-C 1/12-26/44
S-C 5/16 - 6/6/44
1st $1 star note *64812001A was printed on June 7, 1942.

$5 Hawaii runs
L 123 96001 A - L 149 96000 A
L 197 76001 A - L 201 76000 A
L 464 04001 A - L 478 04000 A
L 540 72001 A - L 560 88000 A
L 661 32001 A - L 691 32000 A
L 001 20001 * - L 001 92000 *
L 008 52001 * - L 008 56000 *
L 008 92001 * - L 008 96000 *
There is no records found at the BEP on the $5 Hawaii star notes

$10 Hawaii runs
L 658 56001 A - L 664 56000 A
L 674 76001 A - L 690 76000 A
L 697 36001 A - L 713 36000 A
L 770 52001 A - L 771 72000 A
L 111 60001 B - L 126 64000 B
L 282 12001 B - L 297 12000 B
L 430 32001 B - L 455 32000 B
L 502 92001 B - L 512 92000 B
L 009 00001 * - L 009 96000 *
L 020 08001 * - L 020 12000 *
L 020 40001 * - L 020 48000 *
There is no records found at the BEP on the $10 Hawaii star notes


$20 Hawaii runs
L 305 40001 A - L 310 90000 A
L 316 32001 A - L 320 32000 A
L 334 20001 A - L 342 20000 A
L 564 12001 A - L 569 12000 A
L 605 88001 A - L 615 92000 A
L 679 84001 A - L 699 76000 A
L 769 80001 A - L 784 80000 A
L 855 36001 A - L 900 36000 A
L 003 60001 * - L 003 68000 *
L 003 72001 * - L 003 76000 *
L 004 32001 * - L 004 44000 *
L 008 52001 * - L 008 76000 *
L 009 72001 * - L 009 76000 *
There is no records found at the BEP on the $20 Hawaii star notes


Radars
$1 1935 Hawaii P34333343C
$1 1935 Hawaii C02433420C
$1 1935 Hawaii S52000025C
$1 1935 Hawaii S52399325C
$1 1935 Hawaii Y69744796B VG
$5 1934 Hawaii L13366331A GEM(65)EPQ MULE
$20 1934 Hawaii L69900996A VF

Repeaters
$1 1935 Hawaii S46046046C
$1 1935 Hawaii L77797779C VG
$1 1935 Hawaii S44304430C

Low numbers
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000017C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000019C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000023C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000087C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000088C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000097C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000178C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000201C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000204C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000249C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000270C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000281C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000298C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000696C XF
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000701C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000713C CGA (67) Gem
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000717C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000723C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000750C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000775C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000819C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000840C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00000929C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00001222C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00001300C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00001303C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00001390C PCGS (63) Unc.
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002631C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002632C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002633C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002634C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002635C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002636C PMG (66EPQ) Gem
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002637C PMG (66EPQ) Gem
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002638C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00002639C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003081C PCGS (65PPQ) Gem
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003083C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003348C PCGS (30) VF
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003528C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003716C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003731C
$1 1935 Hawaii C00003754C PCGS (66EPQ) Gem


Cancelled Hawaii notes
P34079383C VF
P34079514C VG
P34079527C PMG(55)EPQ
P34079744C Laminated VG
P34079751C

Other interesting or Fancy Serials
AC block low number "65th note printed" A99000065A
$1 L77777771C Short Snorter
$1 L77777709C
$1 L77777701C
$1 Z99442288B

FC Block sheet numbers

F41964007C through F41964012C left side of sheet
F41966005C through F41966010C right side of sheet

F41964013C through F41964018C left side of sheet
F41966011C through F41966016C right side of sheet

F41964019C through F41964024C left side of sheet
F41966017C through F41966022C right side of sheet

F41964025C through F41964030C left side of sheet
F41966023C through F41966028C right side of sheet

F41964037C through F41964042C left side of sheet
F41966035C through F41966040C right side of sheet

F41964043C through F41964048C left side of sheet
F41966041C through F41966046C right side of sheet

F41964055C through F41964060C left side of sheet
F41966053C through F41964058C right side of sheet

F41964061C through F41964066C left side of sheet
F41966059C through F41966064C right side of sheet

F41964067C through F41964072C left side of sheet
F41966065C through F41966070C right side of sheet

F41964079C through F41964084C left side of sheet
F41966077C through F41966082C right side of sheet

F41964103C through F41964108C left side of sheet
F41966101C through F41966106C right side of sheet

F41964127C through F41964132C left side of sheet
F41966125C through F41966130C right side of sheet

F41964151C through F41964156C left side of sheet
F41966149C through F41966154C right side of sheet

F41964211C through F41964216C left side of sheet
F41966209C through F41966214C right side of sheet

F41964229C through F41964234C left side of sheet
F41966227C through F41966232C right side of sheet

F41964235C through F41964240C left side of sheet
F41966233C through F41966238C right side of sheet

F41964283C through F41964288C left side of sheet
F41966201C through F41966286C right side of sheet

F41964301C through F41964306C left side of sheet
F41966399C through F41966304C right side of sheet

F41964313C through F41964318C left side of sheet
F41966311C through F41966316C right side of sheet

F41964325C through F41964330C left side of sheet
F41966323C through F41966328C right side of sheet

HAWAII ERROR NOTES
INKING ERRORS
$1 minor ink smear on back bottom of note serial number S40481610C PMG(64)EPQ
$1 ink stain on back of a 1935 HAWAII S45892257C
$1 minor under inking of serial number P33540005C
$1 under inking of the brown seal and left serial number C00000178C
$1 insufficient ink on face “Hawaii overprint” serial Y70185534B
MISSING OVERPRINTS
$1 missing face HAWAII overprint C05109828C
$1 missing face HAWAII overprint C06229137C
$10 missing HAWAII overprint on back L12059412B
$10 missing HAWAII overprint on back L12059418B
$20 missing HAWAII overprint on back L68616747A
INVERTED OVERPRINTS
$1 HAWAII inverted overprint S52512417C
$20 inverted HAWAII overprint on back L33809320A
$20 inverted HAWAII overprint on back L69960487A
INVERTED 3RD PRINTS
$5 inverted third printing L55378349A
OBSTRUCTIONS
$1 HAWAII obstruction Y691098413B
MISALIGNMENTS
$1 Hawaii 2nd print shift Serial number S40995168C Fine
$1 Hawaii 2nd print shift to the left side of note serial S43999422C
$1 HAWAII overprinting on face shifted left into the design S53153852C
$1 HAWAII overprinting on face shifted left into the design C06855643C
$1 HAWAII overprinting on face shifted left into the design C06855645C
$10 Misalignment of overprint the 2 (hawaiis) on face L28725104B
$10 The "Hawaii" overprint on the back is skewed touching the left margin L77092250A
$1 HAWAII misalignment error on first printing P32854698C
$1 HAWAII overprint on back shifted low Z99364675B
$5 cutting error Skewed 2nd printing PCGS (66) L68126060A 1934A
GUTTER FOLDS
$1 gutter fold F41968445C
$1 gutter fold S41348855C
$1 gutter fold left side S42173805C
$1 gutter fold P35445494C
$1 gutter fold S51787946C
$10 gutter fold L11858414B
$10 gutter fold L29559803B
FOLD OVERS
$1 fold over occurred after the note was printed but before the HAWAII overprint was applied, with part of the overprint on the fold over Z99642570B
$10 Butterfly fold left side CGA L43927777A
ATTACHED TABS
$1 attached tab due to cutting error S54515041C
$1 attached tab due to cutting error S50489676C
CUTTING ERROR
$5 Cutting Error PCGS 66PPQ serial L68126060A Plates H/79/1456

Hawaii Varieties:
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (YB Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (ZB Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (AC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (CC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (FC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (LC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (PC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300 (SC Block)
1935A $1 Hawaii Fr. 2300* (*A Block)

1934 $5 Hawaii Fr. 2301 (LA Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2301m (LA Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Fr. 2301* (L* Block)
1934 $5 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2301m* (L* Block)
1934A $5 Hawaii Fr. 2302 (LA Block)
1934A $5 Hawaii Fr. 2302* (L* Block)

1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303 (LA Block)
1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303 (LB Block)
1934A $10 Hawaii Fr. 2303* (L* Block)

1934 $20 Hawaii Fr. 2304 (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2304m (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Late Finished Back Plate #204 Fr. 2304Lfb (LA Block)
1934 $20 Hawaii Fr. 2304* (L* Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Fr. 2305 (LA Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2305m (LA Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Late Finish Back Plate #204 Fr. 2305Lfb (LA Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Late Finish Back Plate #204Lfb Fr. 2305 (LB Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Fr. 2305* (L* Block)
1934A $20 Hawaii Mule Fr. 2305m* (L* Block)

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles A. Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all have signed snorters. Lindbergh's name can be found on a 1935A $1 silver certificate serial W49934114B.

John F. Kennedy’s older brother Joe signed one of the notes in the largest known roll ever. It consists of 400-500 notes taped together. When the notes are all rolled up they measure 15 inches thick.


*************If anyone here has anything else they would like to share I would love to hear it.***************

Thanks
-Tom

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1935A $1 Hawaii note with an embossed seal and typing. Under a LED light the seal reads " LST 669 * Department of the Navy * " The journey from Eniwetok atoll (Marshall Islands) to Manus in the Admirality islands is when the USS LST 669 crossed the equator.

Short Snorter note. The USS Deuel (APA-160) after training at Pearl Harbor staged at Saipan for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On February 19th, 1945 she helped land the 5th Marines in the initial assault. She stood off the island for 6 days, embarking casualties for transportation to hospitals at Guam. After replacing her boats at Florida Island, and training at Espiritu Santo, she sailed from Ulithi April 4th to transport support troops to Okinawa where she embarked casualties for transfer to Saipan.

From May 28th, to August 27th, 1945 the USS Deuel operated in the Philippines on transport and training duty. She carried Army troops to Japan for occupation duty in September, then returned to San Pedro Bay, Leyte to embark more troops and a civil administration party which she landed at Kure between the 5th and 11th of October. Assigned to "Magic Carpet" duty, she carried servicemen from the Pacific home to the west coast until January 1946, then sailed for the east coast where she was placed out of commission May 17th, 1946, berthed at Norfolk.

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I'm going to do a journal from now on starting today. I will write when I can. My grandfather just passed away on 2/11/12. On 2/12/12 my father discovered in the morning that my grandfather had a journal of his last 2 yrs. Today I buried my grandfather. Today is 2/15/12. I will explain how I got to this point real soon. I read the whole journal today after the funeral. My father gave it to me so I can scan it and make copies for Ann and I as well as everyone else. In the journal it talks about the pain he was going though as well as his life from day one to his last month. It is a very special thing he did. I am writing this but I have no idea who will find it. Ann and I don't have any kids right now. We have been trying for years with no luck. I'm praying one day we get lucky. We did have Julianna but she's gone now and I have a very bad feeling like she doesn't like us at all. We both miss her and often talk about her. I pray she is well and being treated right. I don't know if we will ever see her again.
I loved reading what my grandfather wrote and I know others will too. One thing I can't get out of my head right now is him writing on the day of my late grandmother's bday. That night he sat in the living room of his house with my aunt and said he saw a shimmering light. He said he knew it was my grandmother. He said he would hold his hand up and the light would swirl around his hand and when he put it down the light would move back into the middle of the room. That day I truly believe gave him the strength to carry on. My grandfather was a good man, a hard working man, and always a blast to be around. Ann and I went to see him 2 weeks before his death. That visit was very special to us. ------I stopped writing at 7pm and went out to the store with Ann.----- It is now 11:30 on the dot. This is going to be interesting here. We were watching a TV show called Alcatraz. During the show I saw something in front of our Washer & dryer which is located in our kitchen on the left side just as you walk in. I don't know how to explain it but it looked like a shadow. The moment I saw that I had a weird feeling. Like a calm feeling mixed with a shocked feeling. At that moment it was like I had a flashback to our visit with my grandfather 2 weeks ago. Ann was in the back bedroom and my grandfather was on the couch in his living room and I was on his love seat. I saw a person (who I thought was Ann) turning into the kitchen. I got up (pretty fast) and headed in there to see what she was doing. I thought she was going out to smoke. When I went in, no one was there. I told my grandfather that I saw someone go in the kitchen and no one was in there. I said, "that's real weird, I could have sworn Ann just went in there." I can't really remember his reaction when I said that but I think he just smiled or just shrugged it off. I now think he knew immediately what I saw and he kept it to himself. Until today I have never heard about this encounter he had and I now am positive that was my grandmother I saw. I told Ann all of this a little while ago and I think she thinks I'm crazy. She did tell me that she thought she heard him talking to my grandmother and even mentioned it to my uncle Danny. I told her now I really want to go back to the ocean. When I go back I'm going to take the four leaf clovers that I found this summer and leave them there for my grandmother. When I was young and every time I went to visit them, I would go on the side of their house and pick as many as I could find. My grandmother loved me doing that and would say "Tommy you have such a good eye" My grandfather would say " I don't know how you find all of them, every time I look for them I never find any" My grandmother would get out the wax paper and press them. I'm sure somewhere there's a collection of them hidden I cannot wait to tell my dad this story. I can't sleep knowing all of this now. I'm going to research some info on ghosts (even though I don't like calling them that) and see what I can find. I have always said that I believe in ghosts and not UFO's. I have felt that way my whole life. Well I'm off to research some things and I will write tomorrow for sure. Eventually I want to tell the story of my life and how I got to this day. But for now I will write about my grandfather while everything is fresh in my head.

2/16/2012- Stayed up late last night. Did some research and this is what I found.

Ghosts haunt people and places because they have unfinished business with them. They either died sooner than they expected or were violently killed. Or they just lost their way going to the light. (I feel my grandfather felt like he had more time)

Some ghosts appear to remain on earth for the purpose of communicating danger to someone living, or to convey useful information to someone living. (hoping for the latter part of this, like winning lottery numbers )

Some ghosts appear to have strong emotional ties to a site ( I definatley feel this one fits too because he talked about how proud he felt that all of their work lead them to owning the OC house)

Some ghosts appear to be worried about the loved ones left behind, and return to comfort grieving family members, or to give advice to them. (this one is without a doubt the best fit for my grandmother. She was there for my grandfather after her passing to comfort him, and I feel like my grandfather? coming to our house last night was his way of comforting me and allowing me to know he will be around and that everything's going to be OK!)

I guess it depends upon your awareness and perception??

After thinking today I decided to wait on telling my dad what I saw. With him going down this weekend I'm not sure on how he would take it. I think he will think I'm crazy like Ann does. Thinking about it last night in bed I believe my grandfather might have been the one in our kitchen to let me know that what him and my aunt saw was real. And I do believe him. I feel like he showed up for that reason and to let me know he will always be around. I am missing him a lot right now. When he passed I thought to myself that I will never get to talk to him ever again. Now I'm not to sure about that. I sat in my room trying to talk to him and my grandmother. I didn't see or hear anything but I pray they heard me. I told them I missed them and I love them and I'm glad they got to share valentines day together. I also apologized about the mess in our house. Today I cleaned a lot LOL. It is now 8:39 PM. I'm laying on Ann's bed typing this while she plays games on her computer. She doesn't know i'm writing any of this. Sitting here thinking, I would love to talk to my aunt and hear what she saw that night if anything. On another note I would also lke to bring up the fact that I can never repay Ann enough for all that she has done for me and my family. I want to work my ass off this year, and the next few so I can take her to Alaska for our 10 yr anniversary. I want Hawaii but nothing matters now but keeping her happy and telling her daily how much I truly love her. I know she would love alaska more than hawaii cause that is just how god built her. I'm going to get off of here now I'll write a lot more later I'm sure.

It's now 9:50pm- Ann's watching teen mom. I'm in my room. I guess I'll go back to 2 and a half weeks ago when we visited my grandfather. On our way down I called him and asked if he wanted something from mc donalds. He said yeah but just a burger and a fry. We got him a happy meal When we arrived he gave Ann the biggest, longest hug ever. Then he gave me a hug. He was glad we were there. We sat down and ate. He ate about half of what we got him. After eating we talked at the table for a couple hours. We talked about going to a antique store in the morning. He said he would like that. He also mentioned that he would really like some fishers popcorn. We also talked about his tree guys coming to cut and he asked about my job. He also told us about his book that he was keeping records on like when he took each med and a number from 1 to 10 describing his pain. After that we went in at 9pm and watched american pickers. I love that show and he said he enjoyed watching it. After that at 10pm Rick's restoration came on. I told him about my Mutoscope machine project I'm working on. He said I'm going to skip watching this and go to bed. He took his pain pill and went on to bed. When we laid down we could hear him making some sounds like he was in pain for a few mins. then he stopped. I fell asleep for a little bit then woke up around 1:30am. We heard him in pain again and I got up to check on him. We met each other in his kitchen and I asked if he was OK. He said I don't know what happened. I think I fell out of bed because I looked up and all I saw was the side of the bed. I asked if he was hurt he said no. Then he said I'm just really tired and confused right now. Ann asked if he wanted us to call hospice and he said I'll call. He talked to the lady for about 2 mins then said she wants to talk to you. I gave Ann the phone because she is better at handling things than I am. She told the lady what was going on. The lady said they will be about 30 to 40 mins i think. We asked if he wanted us to call uncle Danny and he said yeah. I called him and he said he will be right over. When Ann went out front to wait for him my grandfather started saying to me whatever happens don't call 911. I said oh I won't he said you call hospice. I said OK. When my uncle came we got him into the living room and he put his feet up on the coffee table. We waited for what felt like forever. At first we weren't talking a whole lot (I guess we were all scared) and my grandfather said I'm just really tired. He said I just want to lay in my bed. My uncle said they will be here any min. and if you go lay down they will just make you get back up. He agreed to stay on the couch with us. He fell asleep (or so I think he did) and I asked my uncle about his deer story that my grandfather told me I had to ask about. My uncle told us the whole story about how someone shot it and it dropped dead on his driveway and how he got the meat from it. It took about 45 mins for the lady to show and it felt like forever. She was so sweet to him. He really liked her. She asked a bunch of questions and looked him over. His feet were swollen and he said he was confused. She asked if he felt anxiety and he said no. Just tired. After she took his blood pressure and looked him over real good she said just let him rest and we talked about getting him a walker in the house as well as a "bed with sides" which I knew he would have a fit over. He also wanted a life alert button too so we asked for that. She said Mon. it would all arrive. I let Ann go back in the bed and I stayed up the rest of the night just in case he woke up and fell or needed help with anything.
He finally came out around 6 or 6:15 and took another pill. He wasn't surprised to see me awake sitting on the couch. I think he liked that I stayed up for him. When Ann got up I went out to get cigs. When I returned my grandfather and I went walking around outside looking at his trees. He said do you still want to go to the antique store? I said we will see. I went in and he stayed out. I told Ann he wants to go and she said while I was out he was looking in the phone book trying to remember what the antique store was called. I said ok we will all go. I went out and told him yeah we can go, he said ok, and I asked if he had to use the bathroom before we went, because the cancer made him pee a lot. He said no i'm fine lets go. We left. When we got there he headed right for the bathroom. After he went we walked the store. He wanted to find another piece of blue carnival glass. He liked a lot of things and kept saying he couldn't believe how cheap the prices were. We finally came to this one spot that had a BB gun. It was really old. He asked me if it worked I pointed the gun at the floor after pumping it a few times and it wouldn't fire. We just moved on after that. It's now 11:40pm and I am really going to try to get some sleep if I can. I will write tomorrow to tell you the rest of our adventure

My Grandfather- Hard working, strong, very caring, and the person I looked up to the most in life. Ann and I had a blast with him at the antique stores and the boardwalk. I enjoyed just sitting around sharing stories with him. I will never forget him saying that I was a good grandson.

Today is 3 25 2012
I am sorry I haven't been on in a while to finish my story. It's 12:25am. Ann and Sue are asleep. I am crashing on the couch (or was trying to) I cannot get my Grandfather out of my head. I want to go this Sat. to his grave. I don't know how I'm going to take that. I am having a real hard time dealing with his death. I miss him so much. I wish Ann was awake right now I could use her. My head is spinning with thoughts. I have been crying for a while now. I just wish I could talk to him one last time so I could tell him that I love him and that I'm proud to be his grandson! He is my Idol. The person I want to grow up to be. I will miss just sitting at his kitchen table talking for hours about life's adventures. I wish I could go back in time and see him again. I'm really hurting right now and I have been pretty good the last few weeks. I guess I have been so busy with work and staying busy with my vending machines that I have kept my mind off of things. I hope I can make it there this weekend to see him I really need that.
I will try to write more when I can. We have a busy day tomorrow but I'll try to write
OK back on already. It's 12:45. I was talking out loud telling my grandparents I love them and miss them and asked if they were around if they could show me a sign or move something or anything. I went into the bathroom before I wrote the thing at 12:45 and blew my nose. I walked right past the closet door that I know was shut. I fed the dogs earlier as Ann was going to bed. I KNOW I shut that door. I know that either him or her opened it. It was more than half way opened. I am feeling better now. I know I can talk with them now. This is amazing. I know they can here me. I am going to talk with them from time to time. I want to show my grandfather my machines. I know he would like that. I cannot get over that door. That is the coolest thing ever. I am going to try to lay down now and sleep. Before that I'm going to try one more thing. I'll let you know how it turns out.


6-27-12 Been a while. I worked night tonight at the store and when I got home Ann and I smoked a cigarette out front. The first thing she said was I scared Lena good. I asked how. She said well she claimed she saw a ghost in the kitchen (I guess like I saw) and she said she wouldn't go in there unless Mary and her sat at the kitchen entrance. She said when Lena dumped the trash from the bathroom into the can in the kitchen Ann screamed SPIDER and Lena jumped higher than ever and started crying. Ann also said she wanted her door closed tonight so nothing could come in. I immediately asked did she describe what she saw. Ann said no. I said did she say if it was a man or a woman and Ann said why do you see ghosts and kinda laughed at me. All I said was yeah. She didn't say anything after that. It did kinda hurt my feelings because I know what Lena saw and that's why I don't tell anyone because all they will do is laugh about it and poke jokes. I am sleeping in the living room tonight and I'm going to stay up for a while now I can sense it. It's 11:31 and I just heard Lena moving around in bed. She got quiet then yelled stop and I think she just whispered something in there. I just got up and checked on her and she was laying on her back with her arms crossed and the sheet around her belly. normally she is all balled up. I'm gonna keep listening to see if she says anything else. I know this is wrong to ask a 4 yr old but I might ask what she saw in the morning and tell her that we don't have any bad ghosts in the house or say our house isn't haunted because I don't like calling it that. He's not haunting he's just around. Maybe he wanted to see the girls we are taking care of now. I know he would be proud of us and I'm sure he would be surprised if Julianna came back. I'm glad he got to meet her and jesse. I know he's hoping we get Julianna back like Ann and I would like. He knows how much we love her.

8-17
First time in a while I am alone. I tried to ask for one of them to show me a sign they are around. I know he was around yesterday I could feel it. Yesterday for some reason was hard but having Ann and Julianna around help me keep my mind off it. I miss them badly. I really need time to sit down and type the rest of the story. I have been writing notes for everyone if something ever happened to me. I have a unsettling feeling like I don't have much time left. Scary. I don't know if I'm mentally exhausted or if I am sensing something. I pray I have many years left because I want to see the kids grow up and I don't want to leave Ann alone. I will try to stay up Sunday night and write some more letters to people. I got Ann, the 4 kids, and a few others done. If something happens tonight I will write it all down tomorrow.

8-28-12
Sometimes I don't feel good, not physically, but mentally. It's like I lose myself. It's like I'm not myself anymore. Unstable.


9-5 Just realized today that I missed my grandfathers birthday a couple weeks ago. I wanted to go to the cemetery to visit him and my grandmother but again didn't make it. We have had a lot going on lately with the girls moving out and with trying to get julianna back. Ann said this weekend we could go but if we have the 3 girls I can't see them wanting to drive to the cemetery. Its a 40 min drive and they would be bored. Even though I think it would be good for me if they went. I really want ann there but it is a hike out there and I know it would take from her weekend. I just don't know how I am going to be after going. I know the min I pull in the cemetery i'm gonna be feeling bad. I guess I haven't really tried making it there because I know they are or were around here. I haven't seen anything in a while and I think they may have moved on knowing that I will be ok now. Now that is why I want to go there. I feel likje I can now say goodbye and tell them that I will be ok. I have a lot of good in my life now. Ann and the girls have helped me get through this and they don't even know it. Just a few mins with any of them erases all the pain that day because I know I still have things to live for here. Today is another one of those hard to deal with days and I couldn't even focus at work because all I wanted to do was go there. If the girls are all here this weekend Im just going to wake up early or tell them I have to do something for work and go. I might even wake up early on sun and leave while they sleep. I really do hope we get lena, mary and julianna this weekend. That will help. I know I usually write about other things but I figured some days I will write just to look back on what I was feeling.

On a better note Ann and I might get julianna back. I am pretty sure we will. We have had some crap today that the worker started. She told ann and julianna that she is cutting visits with her mom. That sucks for her badly. We know that she wants to see her and on top of it the worker I think is trying to make it out to be like its us because she likes to play these stupid ass games. Ann was really trying to change what she had said but it didn't work. Now I know juliannas mom will think is us and I didn't want this drama. Even julianna might think in the back of her mind like yeah maybe they had something to do with this and that sucks because then she has no trust in us. I want her to trust us that way we can help her with things. She pretty much tells us everyting which we think is awesome. She really is a good kid and for some reason people like to judge her on apperance instead of trying to get to know her. Ann and I always say if we had our own kid and if it came out to be a girl when she grew up she would be just like julianna. I pray she gets what she wants in the end even if its not being with us again. It would be hard hearing that but I know now we wont lose her again like before (meaning no contact). I just hope she can see that we are only trying to help her even if it makes us out to be meanies in her eyes. Ann really feels bad about the visits and I think she is afraid julianna is going to blame her and i hate hearing that. Ann is the one saying no I want julianna to have the contact that way maybe they can better their relationship and ann and i get a break from time to time. We love julianna to death and would do anything for. She knows that because she sent a text to me last night saying that she knows we care and we show it and she said she knows her mom cares but doesnt show it. I let ann read the whole thing from when I talked about people judging her, to her mom needing her help to get better and ann cried a few times reading it. Ill write more when I can. I'm tired its 11:24 and I have to be up at 5 am

9-7-12
Julianna came over today and is going on a job with me tonight. She is also doing another job with me in the morning and spending the whole weekend with ann and I. She got on the computer and almost saw all of this writing. I'm not sure if i'm glad she said oh you left your thing open or not. That was unexpected though. In a way I wish Ann or her knew everything I have written here and in a way not. Maybe one day I will tell them or if something ever happens to me hopefully they find this. If she read the top of this I think she might think of me differently. Not sure if I want that. I am glad shes here.
This weekend whether they go or not, i'm going to the cemetery. In a way I really hope they go and then again I kinda want to go alone because I know I'm going to get upset. I miss them so much. I don't know what I want anymore. Hopefully I get there though. I am also hoping that we get mary and lena sunday. Anns not feeling it so i might just get them and take them to the park or something. I am at the best place in my life right now. I have Ann and 3 kids that I love to death. Each one of them has their own personality and I love them more than they will ever know. I pray that I get to see all of them grow up. I think it would be cool to see how all of them turn out. Gotta go to work I'll write more tonight or tomorrow.

Got done our job. When I was there i just kept thinking about going to the cemetery. Ann said tomorrow we will go after I get home I'm happy they will be there. I am kinda worried that I won't be with it on the job in the morning. One thing that hurts me more than anything in life is not being by his side when he passed and I'm going to apologize for that. Another thing that keeps haunting me is not saying goodbye to him in the hospital before we left. Ann asked if I wanted a moment with him before we left and I said no. I just didn't want to accept the fact that I was about to lose him. I figured we would go back to his house for a little bit then come back to see him. It crushes my heart that I never got to say goodbye. I'm crying right now writing this. I won't ever let that happen to another loved one again. I can't even describe what i'm going through because of that.
That day my father kept saying he doesn't even know who we are and I kept telling him he knows. I knew for a fact when Ann said "Donald your grandson is here, you know the good one." He turned and looked at her when she said it and I knew at that moment he heard her. When we left his house 2 weeks earlier we were sitting in his garage and one of the last things he said was "Tommy, my only grandson, you are a good grandson" When we got in the car and left I cried for about 20 mins because hearing that made me think he knew his time was coming. I thought I would never get to see him again but I did get to even though it was even more painful for me. I'm just glad he isn't suffering anymore.

9/9/12
Ann woke up early and asked if I wanted her to get Julianna and I Mc donalds. We both rode out and picked it up. When we got back we woke Julianna up and had breakfast. They both went back to bed and I drove to the cemetery. I took all of my 4 leaf clovers and left them for my grandmother. I sat there for awhile talking to them. I told my grandmother that I wish she got to meet the girls and I told my grandfather that Julianna was gonna be coming back hopefully. It was hard leaving there. I just wanted to stay and tell them everything that popped into my mind. I told them I'm lucky that I have a girl like Ann and that we are going to grow old together like they did. I also told them that I was happy they got to spend Valentines day together. I apologized to my grandfather for not being by his side at the very end. That was hard to do. I got really upset. I also said that we enjoyed the time we had together 2 weeks before his passing. Even when I got into the car I still sat there staring over where they were not wanting to leave. I eventually pulled away and came home. Ann and Julianna were just waking up when I got back. I wish they were with me but I know they wouldn't have wanted to stay the amount of time I was there. I felt like I was going to start crying when I saw them but not as an upset crying more like I'm glad to have them in my life and I was so proud telling my grandparents about them. A little while after I got home Julianna came outside where Ann and I were and said the door in the house shut and she was scared. I was thinking oh thats awesome but then ann said it was probably the air cutting on and the return pulled it shut.That kinda ruined my moment. I decided to metal detect and found 2 old wheat pennies and some other change. 65 cents total. We spent the rest of the day together at the mall and other random stores. After we took Julianna home I fell asleep on Ann's bed for a little bit. She finally woke me and asked it I wanted to smoke. I said sure. After we came in I went to bed and she went to bed. All the sudden I saw the TV come on. I went out there thinking that Ann was going to watch something and she was laying on her bed playing on FB. I said the TV just turned on and she said how the heck did that happen. I said I don't know the remote was sitting on the sofa on top of the blankets where I left it and the dogs were under the bed. I thought maybe one of them did it at first but then realized that earlier at the cemetery I asked and begged that they show me a sign that they were around. I took pics at the cemetery to see if I could capture anything and I am now just remembering that. I will have to pull them up and look at them when I'm done on here. I think it will be another restless night for me

11-5
Sleep has gotten easier.

11-6
Uneasy feeling. Praying for everyone I know. I have been making it a point to see everyone I know and spend time with the one's I love. One thing I am really thankful for is being able to spend the day with Mary and Lena. I love them 2. We took them out to the mall so they could get out for a change. We ate at chick fillet (first time for them 2) and took them to build a bear afterwards. After that we walked the mall. Before leaving they got on a couple rides. Ann asked mary what her favorite thing was the whole day and she said spending time with us I can't wait to see them again.

11-8-12
Had a foster class tonight. The topic was on loss. Not an easy class for me. I was not going to talk about my grandfather. I thought about talking about the fire or my dog Genie and how I got past that. Time/friends for the dog and side jobs for fire. I haven't gotten over my grandfather and probably never will. One thing that helps me is wife, kids, constant work and my vending machines. I have a lot of distractions during the day but nights if I'm not cleaning or watching TV or talking with Ann my mind wonders quickly. Today is more or less a set back. I could have made them hours up another way.

11/12/12
With everything I have going on with work I would have thought that by now 4 days later I would be over that stupid class. One thing I have been good at is hiding how I have been feeling. Writing really helps. I'm sitting here with ann and Julianna watching 666 park ave. I was writing because earlier I couldn't get things out of my head so I flipped the couches over in our living room and fixed them. I then vacuumed everywhere and jumped in the shower to shake it off which worked as a temporary fix. Now i'm back on it. I don't know what to do anymore. Some days I am just miserable and today is one of those days. I have been fighting being sour all day. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.

1-15-13
It's coming up on 1 yr. Things have been getting harder again. Last weekend was one yr since our trip to the ocean to see my grandfather. That was the weekend we took him to the antique stores with us and the boardwalk. I want to read his journal again and I'm gonna have Ann bring it home tomorrow. I think reading it will calm me. I hope to stay up one night and try to see him or communicate in some way. I have been trying for the past few days to take a nap so i can stay up but Ann keeps waking me. I plan to go to their grave this weekend while Ann and Julianna are sleeping in.

11-4-13
Saw something out of the corner of my eye when I walked into the house. I was the only one home and it appeared to be a girl? which was very odd. Not sure if I am tired or if there's something to it. Ever since I have had a weird feeling. The "girl" I believe I saw was by our bedroom door. I haven't seen anything else for a long time now. When I die I am going to make sure I stay here too. Unless Ann passes before me then I will complete my projects so I can be with her forever, instead of being stuck between worlds by myself.