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1. "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

2. "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

3. "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

4. "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

5. "Here was these dresses, 20,000 girls, just passing back and forth, you know the GI's mouths just flew open"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

6. "I just have to admit it, I was a fanatic on air power"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

7. "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

8. "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

9. "I was in opposition to these lend-leases, these give aways by the United States government"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

10. "It indicated to me how foolish the French were to think you could build a stationary, static line, and secure a nation's future for all time"

Creator:

Romine, Ron

Collection:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

Institution:

University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections