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. "Here is a section of the opening and targeting operation. Targeting is simply preparing each group of letters with a State target so mail for each group of States can be sent to its proper finishing station in the States. Here also, are withdrawn all letters which will not photograph well. These, of necessity, must be sent by regular mail, which in this case means by air." 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