Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 51
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there or not. Maybe they did. We met most of them that
did, but I can't remember whether we asked that question
or not. But instead of giving us something to eat,
feeding us, they took us and put us in solitary confine-
ment, and it was a little cell. They took our shoes and
our belts. We had no light. It had bars in front with
a door, and it had a little opening down on the floor
as I remember, or maybe there was an opening where they
could hand you a bowl of soup, and . .
How big was this little cell?
Just a cell. Just for one person. I've often thought
about this, and I can't describe it too good. It was
dark and it was my only taste of solitary confinement,
and I guess that's why I'm concerned about these people
in Vietnam because I only had a few days, and I almost
lost my mind.
What was it like?
The loneliness of not knowing what's going to happen gives
you a certain terror. Now my story picks up from the
interrogation back at this town in Hungary. They called
me into the interrogator, and there was a man who spoke
excellent English, as this man back before did. And he
was maybe from Maine or the other man was from Maine.
One of them was from Maine, I remember, and he spoke
beautiful English. And they gave you these little coupons
that looked like theater tickets, and these were mealMarcello:
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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/m1/53/?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.