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ixrf 1Ailgitnt 29, 1018................« »4*(-*-*** ** -•*if4•*') ^ -i i * »V .• * ' • *•L? * ■. • * '.LIFE.'wTiftfe Lieut. R. H. turner’s Esti mate of the Service Overseas.V•i'\y ,'T1(III\I1.; ,Jn n letter to his sister, Miss Ber-tiibe Turner, received this week, the Inte Lieut. R. II. Turner told of a visit to Paris. ‘‘The oeople live in fear told trembling: of air raids,” lie wrote, “everything lit night being dark as black cats. There were no raids the |wo nights I was there. There were for the three following nights. Merry/ as the British call the Gorman, is s great on this niglvt-raid stuff, hut the I *11•___1.,w:/v 4-u* -IV!i1:VI4.t,MV 8V aoallies have him scared stiff in the da\ time. He stays in his own hack ( yard then. .“Of course there are shows to go to in Paris, but; no light leaks to the outer world. Went to the Casino de Paris and had finite a time. They had ah American Jaband on with a black American negro doing the drums. In spite of him, it was great. Some great French comedian pulled a monologue that was appreciated j t gre.ltly by the. crowd, although 1 couldn’t get much out of it. In fact, it was entirely over my head. It’s very little French I’ve picked up. as it’s .very little use—the most of them sneak English so much better than I could hope to sneak French, that I really don’t try.”Writing of his return to his battalion and the life there, Lieut. Turner says: “It’s really a gveat life if one doesn’t weaken, and I’m going strong. Of course 1 haven’t seen as much as some, but, I’ve seen enough to make me feel like an old soldier. Really wish I could toll you where I am, what we’re doing and all about what I’ve seen and done, but, as you know. -I can’t. According to reports, the allies are giving Merry’ a hot time down south, and I can only say ‘go to it’ ’’!eePcdc10(•OVV % +•d0
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Statesville Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Fri, Aug 23, 1918
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