Wanting to Share another Small Pickup I got..

This isn't very exciting of a piece, but I am posting this one to show how researching an item can be fun and entertaining. sometimes you can enjoy that more than just the piece itself.

This is a V-letter from LT. Col Harold E. Kuhlman Aug 31. 1944. The letter is a V-mail. For those of you that don't know. V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used by the United States during the Second World War as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. One can of film was equal to 12 sacks of mail.




He was born in a log cabin northeast of Norman, OK, on April 6, 1911 and graduated University of Oklahoma in 1932 with commission as 2nd Lt. ROTC, and with BS in Electrical Engineering.

WWII approaching, he was called to 4 1/2 years of active duty in 1940. He commanded the 286th Field Artillery Observation Battalion attached to General George Patton's Battle Spearhead 12th Corps. serving also as postwar military governor of Regensburg, Germany. He was honored with a Bronze Star with two oakleaf clusters, the French Croix de Guerre with star, and Purple Heart.





A little more research thanks to google shows the house where his wife was staying while he was overseas. This was the house where the letter was sent in '44




And lastly Lt. Col Harold E. Kuhlman is buried outside of Norman, Ok. One day soon I will ride my motorcycle there and visit his grave.