UNITED STATES - MILITARY PAYMENT CERTIFICATE Pick#.....................................M90 Banknote Book#............. 1094a Denomination .................... 5 Cents Date......................................(1969) Condition.............................UNC Comments........................... Allegorical man holding fasces and plummed Roman helmet on front. A fasces is a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade, carried by a lictor in ancient Rome as a symbol of a magistrate's power, and used as an emblem of authority in Fascist Italy. American bald eagle with spread wings clutching fasces and olive branches on reverse. 1969 was an important year for the war: President Nixon approves "Operation Breakfast," covert bombing of Communist supply routes and base camps in Cambodia. The bombing continues for 14 months without knowledge of Congress or the American public. Nixon's Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, announces a policy of "Vietnamization" in which the U.S. will gradually shift the burden of the war to the South Vietnamese army. Ho Chi Minh dies on November 3. On November 13, the American public learns of the Mai Lai massacre. The news further turns opinion against the war. The Army has already charged Lieutenant William Calley, who led the attack, with murder. Calley will be convicted a year later. Watermark: none Printer: US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Image is the exact note in lot. NEVER A RESERVE !! CURRENCY DEN I combine shipping - all lots after first are mailed FREE!