Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 71
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Cronin
71Bob took his and snuck out of our compound. I tell
you, this is the greatest man that ever lived that I've
seen. And he snuck into another compound and he sold
his pajamas for so many cigarettes. And he brought me
the cigarettes because he knew I liked to smoke. That's
the kind of man he was. But anyway, he could have been
stuck in there, but Bob could care less. He would not
flaunt authority, but he'd thumb his nose at it if he
thought it was wrong. He'd be a great man today. If
he was a young man he would assert his rights much stronger
than most people.
I assume that you were subjected to more questioning and
more grilling in this prisoner-of-war camp again.
When we first came in they get it all over and they kept
a dossier or something, and the Russians found a bunch
of these, and I was lucky enough to get mine back. It's
just a form that they kept on us. We went through the
same thing. But once we were in the camp, the thing I
remember from when we first came in, was the night it
was snowing so badly. They deloused us and they
interrogated us and gave us some damp straw to put in a
sack and that was our mattress. I remember the misery
of that cold night. But things eased up, you know, and
everybody else was in the same boat. Misery truly loves
company. If the other guy's doing it you can do it.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/m1/73/?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.