Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 95
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95way of a command. He finally says, "If you'll give
me a receipt, I'll give you the records." So I wrote
him out a receipt.
I thought maybe you had straightened up to your full
six feet three inches and simply had hovered over him
or something.
Well, he was still sitting down, and I was still
standing up. I was trying to take advantage of all
of my six foot three and a half. But anyway, it was
successful, and he did let me have them. We put
them in the truck and brought them on back to the
New Grand Hotel. But before we went back, I asked
if could we go . . . one of the primary reasons I'd
gone out there was really to see what was the
condition of the prisoners-of-war and the condition
of the camp itself. The prisoners-of-war were gone,
so I wanted to inspect the camp to see the type of
living conditions that the POW's had been under while
they were there.
Well, this would have given you some sort of an idea
as to how to prepare for them when they were liberated,
too, I would assume.
That is right. So I asked to see the kitchen. He
showed us the kitchen. The kitchen was an old-fashioned,Marcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/96/?q=%22~1~1%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.