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Actual Wartime Photos  Page 6 - Finnish Mail Delivery during the War

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Page 1.   Recruits, Pre-war and training

Page 2.     Mortars,  Cannon,  Range Finders

Page 3.  Front line and daily life in the Finnish Army.

Page 4.   Armored vehicles and Tanks

Page 5.   Battlefields and more armored vehicles

Page 6.   Mail delivery during the war

Page 7.   Finnish Bicycle and Ski Troops

Page 8.   Planes, Trains,  Automobiles

Page 9.   Autos, Horses, Wagons, Sleds and Tractors

Page 10.   Photos of troops and buildings

Page 11.  Artillery, Tanks, Trucks

Page 12. Russian Prisoners, Mottis, Destroyed Vehicles

  These photographs are in the Kregel Collection. They may not be copied or used without express

written permission of the owner, Marshall Kregel, and the KevOs4 Reenactment Group.

 

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Finnish and German postal officers during the Continuation War

 

 

Finnish and German postal officers before a tour of European postal facilities

Finnish and German postal officers before a tour of European postal facilities in April of 1944. The plane is a German Ju52. Notice the machine guns on the roof and on the side of the plane.

Inside the Ju52. Notice the drums of machine gun ammo along the upper wall to the right.

Inside the Ju52. Notice the drums of machine gun ammo along the upper wall to the right.

Finnish soldiers loading a truck with packages to the frontline.

Finnish soldiers loading a truck with packages to the frontline.

 

 

This group of Finnish postal employees pose in sweaters rather than tunics.

This group of postal employees pose in sweaters rather than tunics. This is the only picture in the collection of the Finnish wartime sweaters.

 

 

 

Finnish ski troops as part of the postal service to the front line

Finnish ski troops as part of the postal service to the front line

Finnish Lieutenant wearing bikers gloves

Lieutenant wearing bikers gloves

Finnish soldiers elivering mail to the front line.

Delivering mail to the front line.

 

 

 

Censors at work.

Censors at work.

Motor boat towing chain of rowing boats. This method known as "boat train" was pretty commonly used by Finnish Army.

Motor boat towing chain of rowing boats. This
method known as "boat train" was pretty commonly used by Finnish Army for
transporting supplies across lakes and rivers in Carelia.

 

 

 

 

Many women were involved in sorting mail, censoring, and delivering packages to Field Posts.

Many women were involved in sorting mail, censoring, and delivering packages to Field Posts.

 

 

This Russian won't be collecting his mail

This Russian won't be collecting his mail

 

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