Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 32
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ringing, or some bells ringing, and they were marching
me, and they wanted me to get marching, to move faster,
and I couldn't. But the thing that I vividly remember
is that I didn't give a damn. I couldn't and I'd say I
walked a block, and then this little town was only maybe
two or three blocks long, and then we walked by a bunch
of stores or homes or something that were two stories
high, not too big. It reminded me a lot of New Orleans.
There were homes and stores, and people were standing
on the second floor next to the sidewalk, and they were
making, I guess, an example out of me. They had caught
the Fliegerschwein, a flying pig. I remember real well
looking over, and a lady was patting a baby. She had
the baby on her shoulder and was patting him, and I
remember his britches were soiled, and while she was
patting she gave me the V-sign. Now in those days,
Winston Churchill started it. Everybody gave the V-sign,
and it meant comrades-in-arms, it meant . . .
Victory over the Axis.
Yes. And I thought or I was dumb enough . . . and then
another man did the same thing, and I was dumb enough to
think that maybe later on that evening they were going to
come to help me. But anyway, I remember walking down
this street, and then they put me in this jail. It was
a typical little jail in town, and it had straw on theMarcello:
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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/m1/34/?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.