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title: Be with him at every mail call
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/be-with-him-at-every-mail-call-1945/
description: 'V-Mail poster: a smiling woman in a pink blouse writes a letter at a desk, with a dim photograph of helmeted soldiers reading mail behind her.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Be with him at every mail call, 1945 US poster: V-Mail poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/be-with-him-at-every-mail-call-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/be-with-him-at-every-mail-call-1945.jpg)

# Be with him at every mail call

V-Mail poster: a smiling woman in a pink blouse writes a letter at a desk, with a dim photograph of helmeted soldiers reading mail behind her, under 'Be with him at every mail call' and 'V-Mail is private, reliable, patriotic'. The tell is the string of approving adjectives and the pairing of the writer with the soldiers receiving letters.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Be with him
at every mail call
V-MAIL IS PRIVATE, RELIABLE, PATRIOTIC
[imprint:] PHOTOGRAPH BY LEJAREN à HILLER
[imprint:] PX-73—RPB—1-19-45—200M
```

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