Object Details
- Recipient
- Tom Paone
- Description
- This letter was sent by U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Peter Paone during his deployment to Iraq in 2008. The four-page letter was mailed free of postage from this combat zone (shipped in envelope with museum ID 2011.2021.1). In the message to his son Tom, Paone describes his new home in a camp outside Baghdad, the extreme weather conditions, and the movements of the rest of his unit. He also asks after his son’s internship and suggests several ways that he could be involved from Iraq. Letters such as this demonstrate the continued importance of mail to troop morale in modern warfare. Paone takes care to write out his new address clearly and asks his son to write soon.
- The logistics of getting mail to service members in the Middle East is the responsibility of the Military Postal Service Agency. Mail destined for Iraq is forwarded to New York from where it is flown to the International Airport at Bahrain. From there it is distributed by smaller cargo aircraft or convoys on an almost daily basis to major military bases around the Middle East where it is sorted and distributed by individual Military Post Offices.
- September 16, 2008
- Object number
- 2011.2021.2.4
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 8 x 4 7/8 in. (20.32 x 12.38 cm)
- Place of Origin
- IRAQ (republic)
- Place of Destination
- Virginia
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2011.2021.2.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8cad3b37a-db82-45ab-a8bd-ce6988a1185c
