Tuesday, November 11, 2014

If Dog Rabbit

These days, most correspondence is done by email, and most of those who use email think it’s something new.

It isn’t. Well, at least the mechanics of it isn’t.

Back during World War II, the government was faced with something of a dilemma. Letters from home were an important part of maintaining morale for the troops – but the more letters were coming from home, the more resources were needed to get the mail over there. Moving bales and bales of morale from the States to Europe and Asia quickly became a logistical problem.

The solution was what became known as V-mail, short for "victory mail."

To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 3, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else you buy books, or you can order a copy signed by yours truly through the Legendary Lead Company HERE.



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