V-Mail was put into practice in June 1942, it became the most popular way for the troops to correspond across the ocean.

V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used during the Second World War in America as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. The V-mail process is based on the earlier British Airgraph process.

All V-MAIL, listed below was send from, or to Leon C. Weiser



Left, a humoristic V-Mail send from his sister Alma Stoudt on April 23, 1944. Middle, V-Mail send to his dad Marcus Wickert on April 24, 1944. Right, V-Mail send to his mother on April 25, 1944.
Left, send to his stephsister Zadie Wickert on April 28, 1944. Middle, patriotic Mother's Day V-Mail send from his mother on April 30, 1944. Right, humoristic V-Mail send from his sister Alma Stoudt on May 5, 1944.
Left, a humoristic V-Mail send from his mother on May 31, 1944. Middle and right, V-Mail send to his mother on May 5 and May 6, 1945.

   

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