V-MAIL FROM THE FRONT - WORLD WAR II

V-Mail April 1944 (click on image to enlarge)

During the Second World War, to minimize the weight of transporting the mail, "V-Mails" were introduced to carry short messages from soldiers on the front lines to their homeland. Some kind of micro-filming process was used. I think that perhaps little cartoon messages were provided military personnel, such as this Mother's Day V-Mail from Jim Fecht to his mother Mildred Fecht in Mexico, Missouri. April 1944