Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 42
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Cronin:with civilians all around us. No one was harming us
or anything, and they knew who we were.
I was going to ask you what sort of a reception you got
from these civilians, since obviously all these German
cities were being subjected to air attacks.
Now we were not in Germany.
That's true. You were in Austria.
We were not in Germany yet, so people were not too bad
at all. I don't have any feeling of recollection.
You couldn't sense any hostility at this time?
No. In Vienna I remember vividly that one man was walking
through a gate as we were coming out of a gate, a rather
tall distinguished looking man, and he had a distinguished
voice. He probably was a little human being. I remember
he wanted to impress everybody, and he made a smart
remark at us and called us a dirty name for the benefit
of the people around, and he was probably pretty high
on himself, but, no, we had no problem at all at this
point with civilians, but we had probably one guard for
every three or so prisoners.
Oh, here's an interesting story. I was telling
you about the P-51's that flew with us and flak. Radar
will lock onto an aircraft, but it doesn't know an airplane
from a piece of tin foil, so one of the very few times
I ever saw this was on our last raid . . . no, it was
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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/m1/44/?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.