Remember Scotty thoes V-mail letters were censored before they were sent. Yes mother save a few and they were raged. but with 2nd Lt's as censores what could we expect. joepete of WWII On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:01:51 -0500 "Angus P. Robinson Jr" <scottyr@netnitco.net> writes: > Good Evening to all, > I would be interested in this information but I have to admit, > it worries me to think that personal mail directed to our kin back > home is still floating around. A lot of personal comments were > made in these letters, especially to our girl friends. One of the > things I remember were gaps in text content of the letters I sent > home. My > mother showed me some I sent and they looked like a hungery gopher > had > gotten into the house and ate a portion of the letter. > Unfortunately, since > her death in 1961 the V-mail letters disappeared. > Angus "Scotty" Robinson > > > X-Message: #12 > Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:29:13 -0500 > From: C W HALL <cwharp@juno.com> > Subject: Microfilmed Letters of WW II > > During WW II in Europe letters written home by servicemen were > microfilmed to save space, etc., sent to the USA, then > printed/copied on > paper before being mailed to their destination in the USA. > > Does anyone know if these microfilms are still in existence, and, if > so, > how would one obtain a hard copy of selective letters? > > Thanks-------------Charley Hall in IL. > > > > >