17 Jan January 17, 1945

v-mail
from: Pvt George W. Shonkwiler
to: Mrs. Alice Shonkwiler
England, January 17, 1945

page 1.
Dearest Alice and Ronnie,

Received a V-mail from you last nite.  <? About>  <? our> <? and> tonite I am
trying something a little different.  Will write you a regular letter and send
it airmail.  In other words there <? won’t> be more than one of these letters but
it will <? ail> be the same letter.  The mail hasn’t come in today yet but while
waiting for supper thought I would start this.  The mail usually comes right after
we finish eating.  I only received the one letter yesterday so am expecting a
bunch of them tonite.

Yesterday I was called over to the EENT <? chnis> and they told me tnere that I
had an <? injured> <? sinus> some <? foreign>  matter still lodged in there and
some <? anu> <? adsnaged> with all that mucus is <? ..nore> <? tue> <? san> all
you right now as I don’t know.  They said my stomach x-rays showed no ulcers so
something else is wrong there too.

<? Will> see you on page two.
GWS