John Godfrey

John Godfrey appears in Socialist mobility: a telling Michigan vote as the British admiral who made a March 1942 BBC appeal for the public to send photos and postcards of European beaches and landing grounds. The source says British authorities expected 10,000 items and received 10 million.

His role anchors Postcard Intelligence Infrastructure: a casual travel medium became useful military evidence once organized, sorted, and applied to [[DDay|D-Day]] planning.

Connections

• Postcard Intelligence Infrastructure - concept grounded by the appeal.
• [[DDay|D-Day]] - military-planning context.
• Catherine Nixie - source interpreter in the segment.
• Postcard Media Decline - later decline of the same medium.