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Keeping In Touch
Goal: Students will understand the importance of correspondence in keeping families together and motivating soldiers during the war.
Objectives:
1) Students will be able to define the term “V-Mail”
2) Students will exercise writing skills and practice letter-writing format and grammar by writing a short note to an Outagamie County World War II Veteran.
“V-Mail” helped soldiers stay in touch with their friends and family back home. V-Mail forms provided an efficient, low-cost way to maintain family ties. One side of the form included instructions and a space for the address. The other side allowed space for the body of the letter. When a soldier completed his letter it was sent to
Study the V-Mail sent to Don Schwandt by his cousin H.A. Stacker, who served as a clerk in the 9th Air Force.
1) For what occasion was the V-Mail sent?
2) From what location was the V-Mail apparently sent?
3) Was this V-Mail checked by censors? How can you tell?
4) The drawing on the V-Mail seems to reveal soldiers' feelings regarding the censorship of correspondence between soldiers and their families. What commentary do you think H.A. Stacker is trying to make by sending this drawing?
5) If you were Don Schwandt, what information would you be interested in receiving from your cousin and why?
6) If you were H.A. Stacker, what would you want to read about in your family’s letters to you? Why?
Take a moment to write a note to an Outagamie County World War II Veteran. Perhaps you could thank them for their service and for protecting the freedoms you enjoy today. Use the included V-Mail stationary. You may wish to mail your letter to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King,
Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
N2665 County Road QQ
V-Mail sent to Don Schwandt of Appleton from his cousin H. A. Stacker, 1943.
