Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 38
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Cronin:out and hit Jack one day, and he hit one of the other
men, but he never . . . no one ever touched me.
Now was this man regular army? Was he a civilian? Part
of the Gestapo?
I don't know. He had a German uniform on, and he was
an officer. He was probably a punk, but he could speak
good English, and he had somebody snowed.
And you said he was raised in Maine?
There was a couple of people that I later reported to
the teams. The Air Force had teams going in to hunt
these men, war criminals, and I reported them, and this
was one man that they were hunting for at the time, and
several men had reported this individual.
Did he ever threaten you in any way?
Yes, he certainly did, but he never did hurt me or hit me.
What sort of threats did he make?
Generally just that he'd shoot you or hit you with the
gun or something. He'd take the gun out and lay it on
the table and talk to you. Jack said he actually hit
him. But anyway, for some reason they were grilling me,
and I couldn't figure out why. It seemed like they
grilled me a little more than the other fellows, but
maybe that was my imagination. But in any event we were
grilled pretty strong by this guy, and then they put us
on a train, and they took us--I guess this was maybe the
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R. Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972, book, February 1, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529237/m1/40/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.