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ZMACS Nov: Postal Heroes: 6888th CPDC

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ZMACS Nov: Postal Heroes: 6888th CPDC
Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:rngstgstll (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Handmade  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:3
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:October 1, 2016
Date items must be sent by:November 14, 2016
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion will be the first in a series of Postal Heroes to be honored by ZMACS. Not familiar with this heroic group of postal workers? Check out this article and be amazed -- they cleared years and years of backlogged letters to and from the United States in the midst of the final months and days of World War II while facing a number of challenges both in the US and in Europe.. Since American service members are honored in November, the women of the 6888th seem like an appropriate inspiration for the Postal Heroes series.

Create one piece of easily mailable art of your choice (decorated envelope, postcard, ATC, zine, altered playing card, flat paper doll or diorama/ landscape, et cetera) honoring our Postal Heroes and send it to one partner. Celebrate the Post!

Open to all ZMACS members in good standing. I will compensate any unsent swaps, but expect that we will be Postal Heroes and not have any :)

Here is a very quiet video of the faces of the 6888th on parade -- wonder if that was the day that the general wondered where the rest of them were? They were at work, sorting the mail, of course!

Discussion

camelsamba 08/28/2016 #

That is an amazing story! Thank you for sharing it with us.

rngstgstll 09/ 7/2016 #

If anyone has further "Postal Heroes" recommendations, please let me know! Currently, I am doing a little research ....

rngstgstll 10/ 3/2016 #

Thanks so much for joining, partners assigned!

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