MAIL FOR U.S. ARMY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 23 June 1943, Page 5

MAIL FOR U.S. ARMY

To carry all the mail to U.S. ser* vicemen overseas in November. 1942, took the equivalent of three 11,000-ton i Liberty ships. With soldiers going overj seas at the present rate, volume of mail j by the end of 1943 would require 25 : shl ’ps a month carrying nothing but mail. Frankly, there just aren’t that many ships. Shipping is one of the biggest problems of the war. I With a view to simplifying the pre- [ sent tough job the U.S. postal authori- , ties are cutting down boat space. Sol- [ d:ers are being put on their honour to buy locally whatever they can; their families are being forbidden to send second and third class matter abroad; civilians must not write to soldiers they do not know personally; and all are ma T* t 0 con^ ne hrst-class mail to VIn the case of V-mail letters are addressed as usual, but the postal authorities transmit them photographed on micro-film. Across the ocean a photographic enlargement of each letter is made, and it is delivered to the man to whom it is addressed.— ("Yank,” U.S. Army weekly newspaper).