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V-Mail Service in Action Booklet

V-Mail Service in Action

Follow a V-Mail letter from start, to microfilm, to finish.

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Step 1 & Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6 & Step 7
Step 8 & Step 9
Step 10
Step 11
Step 12
Step 13
Step 14
Step 15
Step 16 & Step 17
Step 18
Step 19 & Step 20

Booklet Transcript

Victory Mail

  • Introducing V-Mail
    • Resizing Lifelines-Planning V-Mail
    • How Did V-Mail Stack Up?
    • Accelerated Service-Shipping V-Mail
    • Was V-Mail a Victory?
    • Timeline
    • Microfilm Models-Precursors of V-Mail
  • Operating V-mail
    • V-Mail Service in Action Booklet
  • Using V-Mail
    • To Pay or Not to Pay?
    • V-Mail's Limitations
    • Delivering Letters
  • Letter Writing in WWII
    • Letter Do's and Dont's
    • Better Letters
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