A soldier unloads mail from a jeep onto a loading dock in Papua New Guinea in 1944

Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "This is a typical load of V-Mail arriving once and sometimes, two or three times daily at the platform of the Postal preparation building." 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.
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Port Moresby
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-9.500
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147.117
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V-mail
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
Jeep automobiles--American--New Guinea
Loading docks--New Guinea
Correspondence--New Guinea