V-Mail: The WWII program that scanned letters onto microfilm, 1942-1945

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During World War II, letters were essential for soldiers and sailors stationed overseas. The average soldier wrote six letters a week. Those letters took anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks to cross the ocean to the United States. Each letter received at home assured loved ones that their serviceman was still alive and well when […]