28 Mar March 28, 1945

v-mail
from: George Shonkwiler
to: Mrs. Alice Shonkwiler
March 28, 1945, France
Sat. 6 P.M.
Noteworthy: Dad plans music lessons for Ronnie.
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Hello again,

In one of your letters you mentioned how nice the Pages are to you.  I am
really glad we were certainly fortunate in getting them upstairs.  Also said
they took you and Ronnie to a show.  I am glad Ronnie likes music.  It would
suit me to have him take lessons even though he is a little young yet.
However, I would rather he start out on the piano and since we have no piano,
that kind of creates a problem.  Guess he is really too young at that.  I have
sent you a couple three newspapers this week and two real long special letters.
I hope they reach you.  They might even give you a little sense of the real way
things are over here.  The war’s news is exceptionally good today 3rd Army
across the Rhine and also a new airborne landing across the Rhine.  It probably
won’t end by April 1st as I had hoped, but could very possibly be all over now
before many of us realize it.  I hope it is.  How’s my little Ronnie tonight
and is he helping Mommy plant her victory garden?  Or is there one?  You’d
better plant one.  I might get home in time to help you eat it.

Love, Daddy