A group of women insert letters into envelopes during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "This is a view of the inserting and sealing. At the long table the girls must hand-insert each letter, after which all the envelopes are fed through a sealing machine. In the rear, the sealed letters are then bundled and bagged for dispatch to the Post Office." Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1944
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Items from the service of Mary Lynes, Women's Army Corps (WAC), who served in the Pacific.
Geography:
Port Moresby
Latitude:
-9.500
Longitude:
147.117
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
V-mail
Women--Military service--New Guinea
Correspondence--New Guinea
Post offices--New Guinea