World War II Letters - 11 January 1944

I recently discovered a box of letters that my father sent home during his tour of service during the second world war. The letter in this video is the first my father sent home from England announcing his safe arrival.

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[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.

[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

[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

[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.

[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.