One of the marvels of the massive logistical operation that supported the Allied invasion of Europe was the speed and reliability with which troops in the field were able to stay in touch with loved ones back home in America. V-mail facilitated correspondence back and forth on small, standardized blue sheets. The military censored those written in combat zones, photographed them, stored the images on rolls of microfilm, and shipped them overseas, where they were printed on paper and delivered, saving much-needed cargo space on ships. As a result, a letter written from a battlefield in Italy or
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