How Americans send mail during World War II without the Internet

The outbreak of World War II in 1939 paved the way for the development of a well-known mail handling and delivery service at that time under the name of Victory Mail.

V-mail in World War II This technology helps US troops move mail more easily, faster and more securely.
At the beginning of World War II, the US military anticipated the difficulty of transporting huge volumes of mail to distributors, or post offices.Not only that, the majority of cargo ships and airplanes are required to prioritize the transport of military weapons to the field.

Therefore, a postal service based on British Airgraph Service (a British air mail transport service) was born as Victory Mail , or V-mail for short.The service was designed by Eastman Kodak and launched for the first time on June 15, 1942, later becoming the primary mode of communication among front-line soldiers with their relatives back home.

A V-mail is written on the piece of paper according to the size set by the service provider, then captured and converted into film rolls.When V-mail is transported to the destination, the letter will be returned to its original size and printed out as an image.As a result, writers cannot use tricks like invisible ink or ultra-small print to smuggle confidential documents, or perform dark transactions.

V-mail allows for more convenient and less expensive mail transport.1,600 letters when converted into rolls are only about the size of a pack of cigarettes, so 37 mail bags now have only one bag.

The original letters are being registered and classified to prepare for taking photos.

V-mail is zoomed on an editing machine at that time to clear the error.

V-mail is being printed on paper with a dedicated printer.

The rolls of paper before being printed on the letter are being produced, washed over, and dried on a line.

After that, the rolls will be cut into smaller pieces for easy reading by a special paper cutter.

The final stage is to classify processed V-mails, ready to hand them over to the recipient.