Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 90
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Cronin
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Army camp to welcome you back. And it was a genuine
welcome. Oh, I got ninety days, I think, off. A
month after I was there a letter came through that my
wife and I can have two weeks anywhere of four or five
spots in the country on the government. But still it's
typically Army. You go there and you have to sign for
towels, and it's a buck and a half a week or something.
It's still an Army screw-up, but it's still . . . there's
something that when you do get home all the bitching and
griping makes it worth while in that the country
officially does appreciate it. And I think that this
experience is something that a lot of guys are less
men because they refuse to take the chance to have it,
and this is something that a lot of these ultra-liberal
kids would say, "Garbage! Why kill?" and all that.
True, nobody wants to kill, but what I'm saying is if
we live in a society where it happens that this country
is as good as any welcoming you back. And they're as
tough as any sending you out, too. But I think it's
important this should be included, and I think that that's
probably the reason that you say these guys you inter-
viewed are of a certain caliber. It's because they've
had that experience. And all the other b.s. put aside,
it is something worth considering as being more than the
stuff we see down at Lee Park and all. It's worth it to
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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/m1/92/?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.