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VICTORY MAIL [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service
CONT

V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used by the United States during the Second World War as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. The V-mail process is based on the earlier British airgraph process.

Key term(s)
  • V mail
  • V mail process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes
CONT

Le V-mail, pour «courrier de la victoire», est un processus de courrier hybride utilisé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Amérique comme méthode principale et sécurisée pour correspondre avec les soldats stationnés à l'étranger. Pour réduire la logistique de transfert d'une lettre originale à travers le système postal militaire, un V-mail est censuré, microfilmé, puis imprimé une fois à destination.

OBS

Le terme anglais «V-mail» est sans doute plus utilisé que le terme français «courrier de la victoire», car ce processus était principalement utilisé en Angleterre et aux États-Unis.

Key term(s)
  • V mail

Spanish

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