05 Apr April 5, 1945

V-mail
from: Pvt George Shonkwiler
to: Mrs. Alice Shonkwiler
5 April 45 - France
Thur. 8 p.m.
Noteworthy: softball is an important activity among soldiers.

Dearest Alice and Ronnie:

Another day and still nothing new and still here.  Guess I told you last night
how disgusted all this lying around doing nothing and waiting is so wqon’t go
into that again.  I’m in the company day room now waiting for dark and an
outdoor movie.  Have just come from watching a softball game.  Softball seems
to be the universal game over here.  Everyone plays it and the games are so
hotly contested as though there were thousands of dollars bet on each game.
I’m still plenty stiff from playing Monday myself.  Guess I forgot to tell you
that our theater here is an outdoor job.  Since we have double summertime it
doesn’t get dark until about 9 p.m.  It’s after 8 p.m. now and still very light
out.  I remember that summer when I first came over here[,] it was still light
enough to read at 11 p.m.  Some place isn’t it?  Still hope to move tomorrow
but don’t know.  Have you received the sixty dollars I sent you yet?  Feel fine
considering everything.  Met another boy from my outfit.  Some of his news
wasn’t too good.

Love, Daddy