Women sort and prepare mail 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. "At these tables, the girls first sort out all the original V-Mail letters and prepare them for the cutting machine which then slits each letter so that it can easily be opened for photographing." 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
Women--Military service--New Guinea
Correspondence--New Guinea
Post offices--New Guinea