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Uploaded by on Jun 12, 2009

Fifty years ago, the US Navy and Post Office Department placed 3,000 letters in a missile on board the USS Barbero submarine and aimed it at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Mayport, Florida. In this slideshow presentation, curator Nancy A. Pope reveals more about this Cold War era mail delivery experiment.

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  • Thank you for this excellent presentation! I found it to be very interesting. Great pictures and movies. It's a great example of one of the many the US Space age projects.

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