V-Mail microphotograph
National Postal Museum

V-Mail microphotograph

April 1, 1944

cellulose acetate; emulsion
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

This portion of single-perforated 16 mm V-Mail microfilm has two rectangular perforations with rounded corners. The Kodak edge code of a circle followed by a triangle denotes the film reel was manufactured in 1943. The piece contains the negative image of one V-Mail letter written on April 1, 1944 by Pfc. Franklin E. Shue of the 456th AAA Battalion sent from APO 552 (Plympton, England) to Miss Laurine Gregory of Riddleton, Tennessee.

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