Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 67
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Cronin:
Cronin
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The Russians were tough. Oh, God, you . . . we were
liberated by actual frontline shock troop infantry,
and they were rough.
This was when you were liberated?
These were the guys that liberated us.
Right.
They cut us off from . . . well, the morning that we
got up and the guards were gone they found a man, his
wife, and three or four of his children shot not 200
yards from . . . a man had killed his family. Right
after they came there . . . we knew there was a place
where the Germans lived, and there were German Army
women, and they'd come in and drag one out of there and
take them out for the night. I didn't see to much of
it, but they were tough. They loved the American Air
Corps because evidently we did a lot of ground support.
They loved us, but, God, they hated those Germans, and
the feeling was mutual. So anyway, they told us that
. we got the word that they would fly us out. On
this Saturday afternoon the hospital ships would come
in, and they would arrive like at 1:30, we'll say. Well,
everybody got out in the open there, sitting around, oh,
surely three hours before these planes were supposed to
have come, and we waited and waited, and the appointed
hour came and there were no planes. I remember it wasMarcello:
Cronin:
Marcello:
Cronin:
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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/m1/69/?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.