V-Mail Christmas and New Year greeting sent by a U.S. Navy Seabee stationed in the Pacific, December 1944. The hand-illustrated card combines a pen-and-ink tropical island scene, an outrigger canoe, and Hawaiian-language greetings ('Mele Kalikimaka,' 'Hauoli Makahiki Hou') with the bold Seabee identifier, reflecting the popular practice of servicemen personalizing V-Mail forms with themed artwork for loved ones on the home front. The censor's stamp at upper left indicates the letter passed naval wartime security review before transmission. Project: 218674