Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 62
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Had they given you any more clothing than what you had
when you were captured? Obviously you were just in
that little flight suit which wasn't very warm after
you hit the ground.
That's right. I had a flight jacket. At this roughest
time they started letting us go over every afternoon,
and they'd give us a bowl of soup and a piece of black
bread. Up until that time I remember we had some Red
Cross jam and this black bread and some butter, and
they'd give us some Red Cross parcels, but they were
meager. There were a lot of cigarettes, and I smoked
a lot in those days, and we bartered back and forth
for D-bars which was concentrated chocolate. Something
interesting there. We had an underground newspaper.
The Germans could never find it, and I forget-how often
they would pass this paper, but they would pass it from
barracks to barracks and from room to room. I remember
I was the commentator or something for quite awhile in
our room, and we'd get news that way.
Well, how did this underground newspaper work?
I was never . . . none of us were allowed to see it.
See, we were comparatively newcomers. We were only in
that camp six months. But it was over in the older
section, and we got an actual printed copy.
Was it printed just like a regular newspaper?Marcello:
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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/m1/64/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.