The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27
BIRMINGHAM MAN WRITES OF FIGHT ON A|SNE-MARNE Dave Norwood Contrasts American and Hun Atti- tude Toward Woman TRIP TO PARIS LIKE
 GREAT DREAM CITY When People Found Out They Were in Big Fight They Showed
 the Boys the Time of
 Their Lives

SerGt, Dave NorWOou or the HleulSh' department. 1S7th infantry. who was for number of years employed at Parkers drug store, has written about the Aisne- Marne drive and about recent trip he had to Paris. His letter is to c. NJ stan ley of The Age-Herald staff and reads as follows;
 Rest Camp. August 24, IBIS.
 Dear Sir: It has been sometime since I wrote you last, yet I am sure you have heard about the great drive the allies made. It was my luck to be in two of the greatest battles ever fought in the history of the world, so they tell us, I have heard some great things about the boys from the good old U. $. A. especially those that had the chance to get into this great bat tie. The eyes of the world was on the Annex boys, and it was here that they were to show the people throughout the world the kind of fighting men the United States was sending over to help conquer the Kaiser and his bunch of women ana children murderers. It was during thls battle that we met and whipped the Ia nous Prussian Guard. In Germany that the fewer of their army, so now l am sure they have changed their minds about the soldiers from across the sea.
 q have never seen such bravery Tn all my ljfe men going through this barrage of machine guns and cannon. They also had machine guns up the trees shooting down. They only lasted short time, De- cause some guy would take aim and down came a Boche. They are sure big bunch of towards, I know. What your eyes see your heart must believe. In one of the villages the boys took from them was found a French woman with a young taby. She had been badly treated by the Germans, also undergone the strain or the battle in the village lying there With her babe by Ter side, just few hours ago a prisoner of the Huns.
 All around were our wounded boys. They all refused to be waited on until this lady was carried back to safety. Now, the Kaiser claims to have God on his side If killing women and children. burning towns, bombing helpless villages with their planes-if that is the kind or God he has, then l am sure the aihes don't want him any way. On the side or the allies we have the men that protect womanhoad, and am sure nothing coulo make one of us mistreat a lady
 All this battle was open warfare, so our only protection was behind trees, rocKs' banks, and last digging ln Oh, now | love my pick and shovel A large shell hole makes an ideal place for cover, also a good place to fight from. and that saves the time of digging. They used every thing they had on us during this battle, because they had orders to whip the Yanks at any cost, but they never had chance. They had their best aviators over us shooting machine guns and dropping bonibs Then their big guns were throw ing over high explosives, shrapnel, poison gases. liquid fire.
 After all that, it only made the boys more W filing to go after them. Believe me, our artillery player merry nell with those square heads, they had to adinit' that is what the prisoners said, any way. heard some of the letters read from the German people back home. From what they said cur aviators are making things warm for them over there. Seems that they are very tired of the war. MT. Bor- den Burr was with us, and l am sure hs will have lets to tell you folks back III dear old Ala bama.
 TRIP TO PARIS
 "1ve are now in nice rest camp, ex- pecting our leaves before many days to some large town along the coast. say, almost foraot to mention my trlp 10 faris. Don,t know how to begin, there are so many wonderful things to see, ana w had only two days to see the whoie ei's. 10 begin, had my friend to pincn me .o soc if if was a dream We were now standing on the grand boulevard. Gee, good looking girls by the thousand, anu inst imagine. a beer garden on the side- walk with good music to drink Witn. List as soon as they found out we were frop, the big battle they could not do or o,1ch for us so you can picture my pal and myself driving around gay faieo with a couple of fine looking frehcn girls. For those two days we forgot all about the war. Paris is what l would call T dream city. There they have anything oue wants anywhere. any time Their .rnetra,' or subway we call 1t, IS per feet All one has to do IS to get on rnetro and go most anywhere in a shor. time. Of course taxis are very reasoh' able also.
 "The first night we were there the Huns ea,na over also Guess they were Jeai- ous of me. so they wanted to spon my eood lime. Nothing doing, though pe- nause we were used to that, so We never aid po 10 the cellar. It was over Tn apout so minutes. The next morning we Iouhd out That a very little damage was done.
 ..r.uasa that | have told all know Tor tbis time. and I am sure it won't De very ioor before we will be able to tell all our friends hafi; home about this war lace r. face Best regards to all my friends. cincereIy yours, DAVE NORWOOD,
 ..seret Med. Dept. 167th h.. A. F.. F.
 ID &: wish that could reach you .lass of this real good beer. It's delicious and refreshing. F. N.