This V-Mail letter is self-censored as indicated by the author’s signatures. The V-Mail letter sheet was sent by Captain A. Verman, in Leyte, Philippines, to his wife Sue in Bronx, New York. Possibly this form was dispatched unprocessed (not microfilmed) because it was more expeditious.
Officials estimated that microfilm saved up to 98% on cargo space. However, not all V-Mail letter sheets underwent microfilm processing. If a letter sheet was damaged, the writing too illegible to be copied, a V-Mail processing plant was not available, or it was more expeditious to simply dispatch the aerogram, then the letter was usually forwarded as it was. Even if they were dispatched in their original form, the V-Mail letters took 42% less space and weighed 45% less than regular mail.
