The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-08
GOT HIT THREE
TIMES AND THINKS
HE WASLUCKY
At That! Norman S. Gregory
Gets Taste of Life in Firing
Line in Last Big Battle.
COMES OUT ALL RIGHT
IN THE END.

In letter to his sister, Mrs. H. M.
Harper of this city, Norman S. Gre
CORY writes and tells his experiences
in No Mans Land, where every one
juggles with death. Pvt. Gregory was
attached to the 300 Field Signal Bat
talon, the fighting 18th Division.
Dear Sister: For the first time
since came over here, have gotten
my mail Had letter from Gertrude
and one from a girl in Irvington.
Il have, since my arrival over here,
seen the most of France. have spent
most of my time travelling around in
an old box car A box car is Pull
man to us for transportation over
here is not as good as in the States.
Side door Pullma1s are better than
hiking Is or 20 miles with pack on
your back every day. have seen
some pretty tough times, and had
some narrow escapes, but would not
take anything for my past exper-
fences.
Gets In On The Big Drive.
when l was transferred to the
18th / was just in time to get in the
last big drive. After 10 days of travel
ing in one of the side door Pullmans,
had to stop off to have an operation
on my eye at the Base Hospital. And
on the 9th day l started out and
caught up with my Division on the
18th and went up to the front line.
"The first night we laid two mile
line right up close to the Huns. !
and the rest of the bunch were in
the Radio Division, but when we got
up to the front they were short of
linemen and ~ of us were pressed
into service. Harper may know low
to put up telephone line his way,
but believe / can beat him or Fletch-
err block putting up line when the
shells are playing tune Hurry Up,
Hurry Up" You sure don't let grass
grow under your feet. The second
night that was in the line, was out
on a two mile stretch for seven hours
and the Dutch shot up our lines as
fast as / could fix them. We are al
ways sent in punches of two, and
eight times, amid the bursting of
shells and the hum of machine bullets
we had to go and repair our line.
Huns Got NERVOUS.
Ae the Huns had grown nervous,
any kind of noise would bring hail
of shell and bullets, and is was not
until the 9th time that we could
connect with headquarters, so you
know how must have felt under
shell fire. Often it seemed l could
have touched my heart in my throat,
but after the first day we could not
catch up with them.
Il think was pretty lucky for
when I went over the top, il was a
SIX Gays drive and only got hi
three times. When | went over the
top. it was six days drive and l
only got hit three times When ] went
over the top was struck on the top
of my steel hat gIancing lick by a
piece of shrapnel which knocked me
down l got up and joined the men
singing and yelling and cheering the
boys. when again ! was hit in the
back of the neck with piece of steel
splinter But was not seriously hurt
only scratch.
The Shot Almost Got Him.
"But the shot that liked 70 have
ended my days l got few days lat
er, when machine gun bullet hit me.
going through my oyercoat and blan-
kst which was rolled up on my back,
and lodging in the last layer next 70
my back I did not know ! had been