Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 1
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Eugene R. CroninInterviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello
Place of Interview: Dallas, TexasDr. Marcello:
Mr. Cronin:Dr. Marcello:
Date: February 3, 1972
This is Ron Marcello interviewing Mr. Eugene Cronin
for the North Texas State University Oral History
Collection. The interview is taking place on
February 3, 1972, in Dallas, Texas. I'm interviewing
Mr. Cronin in order to get his reminiscences and
experiences while he was a prisoner-of-war of the
Germans during World War II. Mr. Cronin was shot
down over Hungary in late 1944. Mr. Cronin, to begin
this interview, why don't you very briefly give us a
biographical sketch of yourself. In other words,
would you tell me when you were born, where you were
born, your education--things of that nature.
I was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on September 28,
1917, and was educated in parochial schools in Kansas
City, Missouri, and attended Rockhurts high school
and two years of college in Kansas City. I was
transferred to Dallas by my employer in the late part
of '41 and went to the Army from Dallas.
How did you get into the Army Air Corps?
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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/m1/3/?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.