A man splices paper being loaded into a machine during V-mail processing in Papua New Guinea in 1944
Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "View of the paper processing machine. On these machines the entire paper processing operation takes place, through a developer solution, an acid rinse, a fixing bath and finally through three wash tanks, before being dried over large heating drums. A roll of paper is processed on these machines in approximately two hours. In this scene, the operator is making a splice which will enable the machine to keep on a continuous run, eliminating the need for stopping to change and put on new work. The three jars in the background provide, through a gravity feed system, a continuous replenishment of the chemicals." 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
V-mail
Machinery
Correspondence--New Guinea