The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-29
BIRMINGHAM MAN TELLS OF WOUNDS
 ON FRENCH FIELDS

| Lake have just received letters from two
 Of their sons in France, Charles N. Levy,
 S'th engineers, Company A, first batta- < lion and Sergt Leon C. Levy, Company l l., l67th infantry They also have an- Eother son, Cedric NJ Levy in the Rain
 bow division, So that all of them are now
 on German soil along the Rhine.
 Charles w. Levy is with the Texas company. His son sergt Leon c. Levy, who wrote the following letter. was Is
 years old November i.
 1 Somewhere in France, November 2 i My dearest father and all: Hope you i are all well, IS this leaves me well and .. K Today is Fathers Lay and every I soldier IS to write to his father and tell his experiences in France Now, 1 am going to tell you my experiences tha l have had in France left Montgom- cry Ala, January 23, 1918, for Camp !perrltt New Jersey, and February 10 ieAt f1opoken Tor France and landed at brest, France, February 2, and March l was sent to 18th infantry and on March was sent to the trenches, and on April was wounded in the side and was sent to a hospital and there an operation was necessary and the machine gun bullet was taken out and so was my appendix, so l was in bed 27 days sure was sick; and in May went back to my outfit and rom there l was sent to the French army on special duty and was slightly wounded and stayed in the hospital about two weeks and from the French govern ment I was given the French wounded citation which is a very high honor to anyone
 And then l was sent back to the 18th ihidhtry and soon as | got back l went over the top and. was sassed and was laid out for a time and this happened at Rheims when we beat the best German army and the tKaiser's best guards, the flying Circus, and this was some fight. My next place was at Cantigny and one or the hardest battles that was ever fought was there. and from there went to @.iateau Thierry. That was the drive that crippled the German army and the great drive for Paris. l got out of 1t safe and sound and from there we were sent to place that is called Soissons, and there I won the great cross. the distinguished service cross
 won 1t there at Soissons, and there was sent to swim a river by my major, and find out very much information and this did but had hard time to do it, for l had to swim in the dark, and did not know what [ was swimming into, put l got some good news and was on my Way back when l was fired on by a German and I fell and he thought that he had hit me, but he missed me- and when he came in sight I let him have good one and gave him six more for good luck and then I hit the river and was starting back at very good rate but I got out in the middle and was caught in the barbed wire and sure did have hard time in getting out of it. but when I got back I only had time to change clothes and get something to eat for l only had one hour, for we had to go over the top.
 I was wounded and gassed and helped the wounded where l won my medal and was made sergeant, and from the hospital went to Paris and stayed there three days and from there I went to the front again, and this was at St. Mihie1 and got out of this all right. My next drive was at the Argonne and here there was great battle, that was fought and got out of it safely. My next drive was !. transfer to Cedric's company, in the 167th infantry, Rainbow division, and now am waiting for orders any time to leave for my company. 1 have been in many more drives but have not time to write all of them. l could take one of these drives and could write book on it but have not time as there are many more boys wait ing to write and they all want to tell their story, Hope you all will have good Christmas and Happy New Year and hope all are well and love and kisses to all. God bless you all Your loving son, SERGT. LEON c. LEVY, l67th United States infantry. Company l.,
 Rainbow division, No. 42 American Ex-
 peditionary forces, France.
 The letter from the other son is as fol- lows
 ''Bouis Luxembourg, November 25
 My dear ones: I have a few minutes to spare; thought I would write you a few lines. I am well as ever and am in Lux enlbourg and will be in Germany proper in a few days, I am in the army of oc- cupation. We were picked out to go and we are all the picked troops. We cer- tainly think it is an honor to be in the army of occupation. we have hiked all the way from the Verdun front and we are having a very nice time, even if we are hiking. Cedric's and Leons outfits arerin the same army, but I have not seen either of them yet. I am a good walker but this trip has got my back sore again, but I will be o. K in few days, I don't know whenI will be home. But am expecting to be in the States in a few months.
 'I will close with love to you all. Your son, PRIVATE CHARLES N. LEVY, 37th Engineers, Company A, First Bat
 talion, American Expeditionary forces.'