World War II Letters - 11 January 1944

[Julsinmaine101]

Great storie:)My Dad was in the Army,airforce during those years as well I do believe in the 42nd sqaudron.He tells some interesting stories as well.

[CountryComesToTown]

Juls if your father is still living, you ought to turn the camera on and capture those stories on video. Thanks for watching! -Jim

[DiariesOfAMadHalfJap]

that's awesome :) I love old letters and pictures :D

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey Lena. I was thrilled to find that box of letters and photos. Thanks for watching. -Jim

[itsonlymejosh]

That was great! I love it when people share bits of history like that. I'll be looking forward to more :o)

Take care

[CountryComesToTown]

Thanks Josh. I'm uploading one as I type this.

[sscol96]

Keep these videos coming. I am so into Military Collectibles especially from the WW-II era. Old letters like that paint a picture as you go, and show a view into History as it was happening. Thanks you for sharing, and do keep them coming.

Steve

[sscol96]

Oh, almost forgot. V-Mail was the military's effort to save room in mail bags. The letter was filled out by the sender on a standard form. Then Photographed and slightly scaled down, and developed on photographic film. This was placed in a flat encasement envelope and sent back with all the other mail to the states. May have saved room, but think of the cost of all the film.

[CountryComesToTown]

Thanks Steve. The letters are just fascinating to me but of course I knew most of the people discussed in them. Also, thanks for clearing up what a V-Mail was all about.

[SSGLuceyGirl]

That is so amazing I was so upset with parents when they actually burned all their letters and photos from Vietnam I just found that out a year ago Tons of hugs ♥Mel

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey Melissa. That's too bad about the Vietnam letters. It's a real shame that nobody writes letters anymore because in the future I doubt we'll have letters like I discovered to look back on. People usually don't save or print out e-mails.

[SSGLuceyGirl]

I know what you are saying, I have emails between William and I during his deployment in Afghanistan as well a blog that we kept together.. I really should print that out Tons of hugs ♥Mel

[brianrangeley]

Interesting article on V-mail in Wikipedia

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey Brian thanks for watching. I'll go and have a look at the Wikipedia article. sscol96 gave a pretty good description on his comment as well describing v-mail as a photographed version of the letter used to save room in the mail bags. It seems everyone hated them because they were small and hard to read. -jim

[brianrangeley]

Fascinating - keep em coming

[Jessyca423]

Thankyou so much Jim for these videos \\i look forward to the others My father was in the navy in WW2 and he made good friends with a family from Massachusetts. Its interesting to read his diaries A totally different life from ours Take care love xx

[CountryComesToTown]

Thank you Jessyca - You may be able to help with the geography - Several of the letters mention places in England that I have never hear of but maybe you can help - thanks so much for watching - God Bless

[2oobwatcher]

Very interesting!..I do hope you continue to share. I was recently privileged to meet "Rosie The Riveter" from WWII if anyone remembers her? She is now 80+ and was fascinating to talk to.

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey Ann (2oobwatcher). Your comment did finally show up but I think all the comment posts are delayed. Thanks for the encouragement and I will share some more of the letters. I'll bet it was really fascinating meeting Rosie the Riveter. Did you do a video about her?

[2oobwatcher]

no, I didn't..Her real name is Muriel C. and she is such a joy! Her mind is very sharp and her stories are so interesting and her special "take" on a trip to meet George W. Bush to be honored was so outrageously funny that I nearly wet myself laughing. At present she is recovering from hip surgery so prayers are appreciated.

[noahsark1962]

Good looking guy.You look so much like him.That is very interesting.:)

[CountryComesToTown]

Thanks. Everyone says we look alike but I'm now about 20 years older than he is in the photo. I really did favor him at the same age except for his red hair.