Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 69
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Cronin
69And then I looked at everybody, and I was crying, and
all these men were crying. It was the first time they
saw a plane, and it was a touching thing to see this
plane. We finally knew that something good was going
to happen. And, of course, they took the sick . .
there were a lot of guys that were hurt and sick, you
know, and they took them out. Then they sent doctors
and everybody in, of course, and in a couple of hours
they were in camp. But those were some of the good things.
I don't think that's of much interest to you as far as
this is concerned, except that the human end of it to
see the thrill of seeing your own country again.
To go back just a minute, are there any individual German
guards or officers that stand out in your mind at this
camp either for the compassion that they showed or for
the atrocities that they committed?
No, the only thing that stands out in my mind that really
was bad was that I saw an American soldier spill his guts.
We were being interrogated, and I was in the next room.
And I heard this man . . . it's funny, I know his name,
I know where he lives, I know everything about him . .
he didn't do anything except he didn't have the nerve to
keep his mouth shut and just not talk. That's a vivid
thing.
They had a punishment box. There was a colonelMarcello:
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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/m1/71/?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.