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1. "And on the night that VE Day was announced everybody in the ETO, European Theater of Operations, went wild. It was more dangerous to be out that night then it would be in combat-bullets flying everywhere, everyone shooting off their guns"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

2. "I was impressed with Versailles, not only the architecture, which amazed me every time; I used to ramble around over the palace everyday when I got through with my little work at the radio van"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

3. "Every night we could hear George Patton shelling the forts at Metz"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

4. "A GI is a funny individual, some people think they don't know much but they know everything"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

5. "But I had to overcome some hurdles-one was the most difficult thing I have ever been confronted with politically"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

6. "I remember coming home was kind of a disappointment. I'd packed everything up and gone home and nobody was there. Mother and Daddy had gone."

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

7. "My observation was that most of them I came into contact with were very bitter against England and America for breaking up their farms, bombing everything"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

8. "England lived better then, during the War, this was a personal observation and the books I guess would deny that, but to hell with that, I know what I am talking about. They lived better than they ever lived the people told me, I was a GI"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections