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World War Two tested America’s resourcefulness in many ways. It forced us to find better ways to do things to conserve fuel, and other commodities. One innovation was the V-mail. The V in V-mail stands for Victory.

By starting with normal sized paper for the sender to write on, the V-mail was then photographed, and put on microfilm. The microfilm was then mailed to processing center, to be printed on a still small sized V-mail letter. The letter was then folded to allow the recipients address to show through the window. The space saved, allowed for shipment of other war related materials. The envelope that the V-mail letter was mailed in, measured about 4 ¾ inches, by 3 ¾ inches.
The first V-Mail, shown above right, is a standard V-mail letter, with the Censor's stamp in the upper left corner, the recipient's address in the middle top, and the sender's address in the upper right corner. To the right is an example of a letter inside it's envelope. That particular letter was written by a Sgt. who was in Belgium, in March 1945. It looks like he was in the 17th Service Squadron.
The V-Mail letter to the right was written by a sailor who was serving aboard the USS LST 931, during WWII in 1944. Shows and American Eagle flying with a Japanese soldier, and says "This and a Merry Christmas for you"....
The V-mail to the right is an illistrated V-Mail showing Crosses with a dove sitting on one. Says "Peace on Earth Soon"..... Looks like he ws in the 303rd Infantry, during WWII.
This V-mail was sent by a soldier in Britain, in 1943. Looks like 14th R.C.O. Squadron A. Flight-1, during WWII.

This V-mail was sent by a soldier who was "Somewhere in England", during WWII

This V-Mail sends "Season's Greetings from Great Britain", by a soldier serving there, during WWII.

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