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From: Mae Talbott <>
Subject: Re: [MD-BALTO-CUL-] V-Mail
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 01:43:56 -0500

Gary,
I was going over my old e-mails and found the following one that I had
not read.
I remember V-Mail during WW II. But I don't remember any thing that was
photographed. I remember writing my uncle in the South Pacific on
V-Mail. You wrote on one side of a piece of very thin paper that then
was folded up along lines on the other side that made it into an
envelope. I can't remember if we had to put a stamp on it or not, but I
know my uncle didn't. As far as I can remember, we received his letters
on the same type of paper.
Mae
Mae Talbott
Hagerstown, MD


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 23:24:02 -0500 "Michael Mullikin"
<> writes:
> GAry,
>
> I don't know if they used it in other wars, but during WWII V-mail
> was used
> to make it cheaper to send the mail. The letter was written , then
> a
> picture was taken of the actual letter, and it was the picture that
> was
> sent. I have a v-mail letter my uncle sent to my mother on her
> birthday.
> Hope this has been of some help.
>
> Monica Mullikin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:04 PM
> Subject: [MD-BALTO-CUL-] V-Mail
>
>
> > Hi folks and Happy New Year
> >
> > Here's a question for those of you who are a little more
> > senior than me.
> >
> > In putting together a web page concerning my father's
> > World War II experience, I have come across several V-
> > mails that he sent from Europe back to Maryland.
> >
> > Although these are interesting just for their content,
> > I'm actually much more curious about the V-mail process
> > itself.
> >
> > What exactly was this? Did it exist just during WWII?
> > Were these copies of an original note? How exactly were
> > they transmitted?
> >
> > I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who knows first hand
> > about these interesting historical notes.
> >
> > If you want to visit the web page where these are
> > posted, try this address:
> >
> > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~ruppert/correspon
> > dence06.htm
> >
> > (unfortunately, my ISP wraps the line, so you can't just
> > click on it but have to copy/paste/type it into your
> > browser)
> >
> > THANKS
> >
> > Gary
> > 2 January 2002
> > Baltimore
> > http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert
> >
> >
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