Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 68
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Cronin
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terrible waiting, "Are they really going to get us out
of here?" because you can't think anything good's going
to happen. And pretty soon. . . we were the far camp
away from the action that started, and the British compound
was up maybe 100 yards up, 200 yards up, and we heard
this noise. We looked and there was two or three specks
out there. And these guys started yelling and then we
started and it was the plane. They were hunting us, so
they finally got their bearings and they flew over, and,
of course, everybody was going nuts and they came back,
and I forget what pass it was, but they came in as low
as they possibly could, and I'll never forget this sight.
Now we were dirty, physically dirty. Everybody had his
own combat tale and his own heart, and some men had really
gone through hell, and others didn't, and everybody had
their own hopes and dreams. And I'll never forget when
this plane came by because it was the first time any guy
in that camp had seen an American star--an American
plane. It was the first time we saw any friendly plane,
and I remember that that plane turned. It came in on a
bank and it couldn't have been over 200 feet in the air.
We could see the people in it. As it turned everybody
turned with it, and I remember being distracted and
looking at the man in front of me. He was a great big
guy, tall, I remember, and his dirty face was in tears.
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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/m1/70/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.