This Victory Mail (V-Mail) sheet combines standard naval censorship formatting with pre-printed Seabee cartoon artwork, a common wartime practice that let servicemen add a personal greeting to ready-made humorous stationery. Sent by a Seabee of the 2nd Naval Construction Brigade to Miss Beatrice Cory of San Francisco on 30 August 1944, the cartoon jokes about the anticipation surrounding mail call -- a ritual central to morale for troops stationed far from home in the Pacific Theater. Project: 218674