Unlike hand-drawn V-Mail cartoons, this letter uses a commercially printed greeting-card design -- complete with floral engravings and a patriotic eagle-and-star motif -- to deliver birthday wishes. Sent by Clifford C. Cory of the 1st Special Battalion to his sister Beatrice in San Francisco, it reflects the many pre-decorated Victory Mail stationery options available to servicemen who wished to mark personal milestones for family back home, all while their correspondence passed through official military censorship. Project: 218674