EDITOR’S NOTE: Two letters were sent home on April 19, 1945 - Clifford sent one to the Folks and Winfred sent one to their sister Margaret
April 19, 1945 (1) 3030 CF Saaren (near Mulheim), Germany
Clifford sends a V-Mail to the Folks; knows they are worried because he hasn’t sent any letters recently – wrote plenty but forgets to mail them; is getting along swell Germany can be rough; is in the First army; was in the Battle for the Ruhr & Cologne – was rough; heard from Winfred who had just got back from his second trip to the South Pacific – rough over there, too; was in the Battle of the Siegfried line; will write more where he is at now; closes with don’t worry.