V-Mail facsimile

December 17, 1943

V-mail facsimile is dated 17 December 1943 and addressed to “ALL NAVY V-MAIL STATIONS / AND / FLEET POST OFFICES OVERSEAS” from “POSTAL AFFAIRS SECTION / ROOM 3541, NAVY DEPT. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / 17 December 1943.” The image of a candle and US Navy anchor is accompanied with greetings for Christmas and New Year along with signatures. This V-Mail is from the collection of William Callahan, a career US postal inspector, who served with the US Navy during World War II and applied his knowledge of postal logistics to his wartime assignment of coordinating voting procedures for the US Navy personnel during the 1944 elections.