Comments on: Victory Mail: WWII’s Patriotic Post http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12478 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:46:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kent Higgins http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12478/comment-page-1#comment-58539 Kent Higgins Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:00:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12478#comment-58539 As recently as the 1970s the US Post Office offered a similar single-sheet, flimsy international air mail "letter." It included postage and was folder in such a way that there was quite a bit of space for the message inside. It is now long forgotten, but "air mail" once was quite amazing. For the men overseas using V-mail, the wait for mail call and then the arrival of a bundle of letters brought many emotions. There is much to be said for a world in which communication is NOT instantaneous and where, on occasion, one takes time to shape a thought, knowing that it will be read and re-read in a letter. As recently as the 1970s the US Post Office offered a similar single-sheet, flimsy international air mail “letter.” It included postage and was folder in such a way that there was quite a bit of space for the message inside. It is now long forgotten, but “air mail” once was quite amazing.

For the men overseas using V-mail, the wait for mail call and then the arrival of a bundle of letters brought many emotions. There is much to be said for a world in which communication is NOT instantaneous and where, on occasion, one takes time to shape a thought, knowing that it will be read and re-read in a letter.

]]> By: larriann http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12478/comment-page-1#comment-56846 larriann Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:50:22 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12478#comment-56846 It's the BOTTLE of ink in the V-mail kit that amazed me! It sort of brought home to me just how much has happened in the intervening years. Can you imagine carrying a glass bottle of ink into combat? I also love the ..._ as the hyphen. It’s the BOTTLE of ink in the V-mail kit that amazed me! It sort of brought home to me just how much has happened in the intervening years. Can you imagine carrying a glass bottle of ink into combat? I also love the …_ as the hyphen.

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