References

Smithsonian Websites

Government Sources

  • “An Official United States Government Information Program: Overseas Mail;” File E-NC-148-57/181; OWI Intelligence Digests, Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  • Adjutant General’s Office. FM-12-105 Field Manual: Army Postal Service. May 7, 1943.
  • Advertising Council Archives at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1942. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942.
  • Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1943. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1944.
  • Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1944. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945.
  • Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1945. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1946.
  • United States Army Service Forces. Adjutant General’s Office. Army Postal Service During World War II. December 31, 1945.
  • United States Post Office Department. A Wartime History of the Post Office Department: World War II 1939-1945. Washington, DC: Post Office Department, 1951.
  • “Use of V-Mail Service for Transmission of Photographs.” The Postal Bulletin Vol. 64 No. 18615 (July 2, 1943): 1.
  • Walker, Frank S. “Mail Service for Our Armed Forces.” The Postal Bulletin Vol. 63 No. 18450 (June 15, 1942): 1-5.
  • War Department. FM-11-150 Field Manual: Photomail Operation. April 1945.

News Articles

  • “Advertising News.” New York Times, March 21, 1944, 23.
  • “Drive to Popularize Use of V-Mail Is Due Shortly by Army and Navy.” Christian Science Monitor, December 28, 1994, 12.
  • McDonagh, Edward and Louise “War Anxieties of Soldiers and Their Wives.” Social Forces Vol.24, No.2, Dec. 1945, 195-200.
  • “Roosevelt Gets Two Messages Opening Overseas Service V-Mail.” New York Times, June 13, 1942, 17.
  • “Sabotage Women of America” by Rosemary Ames; File E-NC-148-57/181; OWI Intelligence Digests, Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  • “Stamp News.” Washington Post, October 18, 1942, L7.
  • “Tribune Offer: Free V-Mail Photos for Dads.” Chicago Daily Tribune, April 11, 1943, W1.
  • “Tons of V-Mail Swell Chicago Paper Salvage.” Chicago Daily Tribune, February 24, 1994, 26.
  • “V-Mail Babies Make New Bows.” Chicago Daily Tribune, April 1, 1945, N1.
  • “V-Mail Pictures Honor Mothers Who Carry On.” Chicago Daily Tribune, May 13, 1945, SW2.

Secondary Sources

  • Boyle, Jr., Thomas H. Airmail Operations During World War II. New York: American Air Mail Society, 1998.
  • Cosentini, George. “Modern Commentary: V-Mail Notes.” The United States Post Office in World War II: The U.S. Government’s Classic ‘A Wartime History of the Post Office Department’ in a New Illustrated Edition with Modern Commentaries. Ed. Lawrence Sherman. Chicago: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 2002.
  • Dawson, Victoria. “V-as in Victory Mail.” Smithsonian. May 2004.
  • Hay, Ian. The Post Office Went to War. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1946.
  • Hayhurst O.B.E., J.D. “The Pigeon Post into Paris 1870-1871,” Copyright 1970, John Hayhurst: http://www.cix.co.uk/~mhayhurst/jdhayhurst/pigeon/pigeon.html (Accessed June 20, 2007).
  • Hudson, James W. Victory Mail of World War II: V-Mail, The Funny Mail. Author, Xlibris, 2007.
  • Goldman, Albert. The New York, N.Y. Post Office During the War Years 1941-1945. New York: Judicial Printing Co., 1949.
  • Litoff, Judy Barret and David C. Smith, “’Will He Get My Letter?’ Popular Portrayals of Mail and Morale During World War II.” Journal of Popular Culture 23 (Spring 1990): 21-43.

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