235. 3/4/45-France. Back from Paris. Tired. Will write again. 236. 3/5/45-France. His special course was at Paris University in connection with the Army's education program. The course he took was on how to train discussion leaders. He will give a 2 week course to officers and men who are discussion leaders of the Battalion. The goal is to make the men “think for themselves and make them good citizens when they return home.” Saw friends from San Francisco while in Paris. No longer in envelope: tickets of the show he saw while he was there. A Vaudeville show put on for the Allied Forces. 237. 3/6/45-France. 3/7/45-"excitement" that lasted through the night so couldn't get back to the letter. Will tell her about it when he gets home because he can't write about it. He sent her $70 worth of perfume he bought when in Paris. He went to the London Ballet and saw Mrs. Anthony Eden (wife of Robert Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon who was the Foreign Secretary). She was wearing some kind of uniform. No longer in envelope: photo of him before he left for Paris. Also no longer in envelope a news item. No details about the news item. 238. 3/8/45-France. Comment about the burnt letter. Another man in the Battery had the same issue. Discussed the difference between London and Paris. Wrote that in Paris the women were very fashionable, had high hairdos, some were dyed dark blue. Lots of registered prostitutes. No longer in envelope: map of Paris from the American Red Cross that is printed on a captured German map. 239. 3/10/45-France. Held his first class. Each week, they have discussions on questions of interest in the Batteries and the men attending his class are the leaders of the discussion groups in all the Batteries. He's teaching the technique to get more effective discussions. This will be a daily class. No longer in envelope: photo of Maginot Line Fort he went through. 240. 3/11/45-France. While in Paris, he went to the Folies Bergere and the Casino de Paris. No longer in envelope: programs from the two shows. 241. 3/12/45-France. More about the Folies. 242. 3/13/45-France. Men in the Battalion put on a show for the men at the city theater. The men created the show called "Hi Buddy." No longer in envelope: program from the show. Also no longer in envelope: photos taken in various places he's been. Photo of bombed out city marked "It was a city" was "typical" of any number of the French cities he's been in. Photo of Cathedral at Metz is hazy. Also hazy photo of the Castle that is at the entrance to Luxembourg. Last photo is of a "sad end" for a German ambulance. 243. 3/14/45-France. Went to a range to fire the Bazooka. Enclosed in envelope: a small article on the delay of Army airmail. 244. 3/16/45-France. His class continues and is showing good results. Funny story about "fascinators". 245. 3/17/45-France. The officers (including dad) did an inspection of the Battery wearing their "pinks." 246. 3/20/45-"Somewhere in Luxembourg". Little Peggy wrote Natalie another letter. 247. 3/21/45-(no location indicated)-Went to an ice cream parlor and it felt like being home.