A V-mail Christmas greeting was sent by serviceman Elhart Strohm to his parents in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in November, 1943. As received, the greeting is a black and white photographic reproduction measuring 4" x 5" folded to fit into a 4.75" x 3.75" V-mail window envelope. At the top of the form are spaces for the recipient's and sender's addresses, the date, and a circle for a military censor's stamp, which was not used in this case. V-mail, standing for Victory Mail, utilized a microfilm process to save space on cargo planes. Letters were written on special one-page forms that were photographed with 16 mm cameras in postal service mail rooms. The microfilm was flown overseas to processing centers where the letters were reproduced on photographic paper about one-fourth the size of the original form, inserted into V-mail envelopes, and sent on to the recipients. In this example, the V-mail form included a pre-printed Christmas greeting that was signed by the sender.