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V-Mail To U.S. Tops 50 MillionRegular Air Mail Would Have Meant 2,000 More Ocean HopsThe 50,000,000th V-mail letter written by American forces in Britain has been sent to the U.S., the Postal Division of SOS disclosed yesterday,Lt. Col. E. E. Schroeder, ETO chief postal officer, estimated that the figure represented five and a half tons in. weight—easily transported by air. The same number of regular air-m-ail letters would have weighed approximately 500 tonsSj requiring at least 2,000 more flights across the Atlantic,Cpl. Jack Patterson, of Indianapolis, sketched a special form for the 50,000,000th V-mail letter, and Brig. Gen, R. B. Lovett, adjutant general, SOS, sent it to Maj. Gen. J. A. Ulio, adjutant general of the Army, Washington, thanking him for the service on behalf of the American Army over here.The first V-mail letter, one of 181 on the same film, was dispatched to President Roosevelt June 6, 1942, by Maj, Gen. James E, Chaney, the ETO commander.A sustained “V-mail campaign,” aiming t getting American soldiers over here to use the service for two out of ..every three letters they write, has -been maintained ever since.
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Northern Ireland Stars and Stripes
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Wed, Jan 19, 1944
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