V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a process used to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad during World War II. To cut the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal ...
A former Oak Lawn Community High School student saw a stack of documents left out for the trash and thought the papers might deserve a better fate. They ended up being dozens of letters from World War ...
During World War II, U.S. soldier Joseph “Jerry” Brenner received a letter from his wife, Norma, adorned with a lipstick smudge of a kiss. (Library of Congress Veterans History Project) On June 12, ...
When my parents died and our childhood home was sold, my siblings and I faced the task of packing up years of their memories. My father’s medical office also had to be emptied and several of the boxes ...
A letter from a St. Louis solider stationed in China during World War II sits on the table at the Missouri History Library in St. Louis, on Oct. 22, 2025. Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library ...
Love is in the air, as always, around Valentine's Day. But imagine putting pen to paper for the love of your life, hundreds of times! The Nashville Public Library is showcasing a digital display of ...
Letters written during World War II were finally received by the soldier's family in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, more than 80 years after they were sent. It's all thanks to a postage collector on a ...
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