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rather quickly. Everything was new to me. I hated the farm and I hated to leave my husband but I stayed. It took four years before I started to begin to like it. Then I liked it a lot. Mr. Tombaugh What would you tell the young people today of your experience? Mrs. Jonushaitis That's kind of hard to say because they know no other way of life and they should appreciate what they have instead of complaining. You don't really know until you go through what I went through. My children are not wasteful either. I don' t take things for granted. My life was full of adventures and hardships but we made it through these times. When you see the Statue of Liberty it is really something. When we came here from Germany we had to go through a lot of doctors because they didn' t want anybody sick to come into this country. We went through a lot before we came to this country then we again had to be checked out. Everybody stayed in one spot and they would tell you where to go because you don't know where to go. My Auntie picked us up at the Chicago train station. Mr. Tombaugh How long were you at Ellis Island? Mrs. Jonushaitis We came in the morning and by the time we got through it was already dark. We went on a bus in the water (a ferry) and couldn't understand this and we were very nervous. They took us to the train station and put us on the train and the tag on us told where we were to get off. The first time I ever had a sandwich on a train we had to buy our own food. It had mayonnaise on it and we never had that in Germany and I didn' t like it. In Germany they eat just a little butter on their bread. That was my first taste of mayonnaise and it took me quite a long time to like it. I respect the Army for helping people, if it wasn't for the Americans they fought the Russians following WW II and I don' t know where we would be if they hadn't. There was a lot of times that we went on a train and didn't know which direction we were going. When the Americans took over a town they were met with flowers.
We always thought the Americans were good people. Nobody like the Russians. War was hell for us and we grew up in a rough time. You have to live through the hard times to appreciate it. 6.5 hours 8 PROPERTY OF FUflToN '\.
Jonushaitis, Ann.Oral History Interview with Ann Jonushaitis, October 8, 2005,
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October 8, 2005;
Fredericksburg, Texas.
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