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V-Mail facsimile letter
Object Details
- Description
- This V-Mail facsimile letter was sent by Sergeant Gene Journalist at APO 394 (this APO was located in Naples, Italy as of letter's date April 23, 1944) to “Brothers” at the Norton Fire Department in Connecticut.
- Sergeant Journalist recounts his witnessing of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in a message to his buddies at the hometown fire department
- The facsimile, the military’s term for the V-Mail photographic print produced from enlargement of 16 mm microfilm, measured one-quarter the size of the original letter sheet. Depending on the equipment and staffing available at the V-Mail stations around the globe, the facsimiles were either prepared by John Dickinson & Co. machinery (also used for the British Airgraph service) or individually cut, folded, inserted into envelopes, and sealed by hand.
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harriett M. Leach
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 23, 1944
- Object number
- 0.260305.49.24.1
- Associated Person
- Rev. Floyd S. Leach
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- photograph (black and white)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 5 5/16 x 4 1/4 in. (13.49 x 10.8 cm)
- Place of Destination
- Connecticut
- Place of Origin
- ITALY (republic)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Associated Event
- World War II
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Floyd S. Leach Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.260305.49.24.1
- Usage
- CC0
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