A men checks and logs rolls of V-mail film in Papua New Guinea in 1944

Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Initial step in the Receiving section is this operation of checking the postal dispatch sheets and logging in the rolls received from the States. This section is now receiving and completely processing an average of seventy rolls per day." Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1944

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Items from the service of Mary Lynes, Women's Army Corps (WAC), who served in the Pacific.
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Port Moresby
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-9.500
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147.117
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V-mail
Correspondence--New Guinea
Post offices--New Guinea