South Carolina Veterans Oral History / Institution: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

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. "Again I want to place some emphasis on the factualism and the fact that South Carolina politics in that day and even today to a great extent is personalized"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

3. "And lo and behold, this committee received the most important piece of legislation of the 80th Congress, perhaps one of the 2 or 3 most important bills in Congress since World War II, the unification of the armed forces"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

4. "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

5. "And this is the first time I remember meeting a fella by the name of John F. Kennedy"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

6. "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

7. "Dorn this is the time, you'd better run"

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

9. "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

10. "Everywhere I go, I try to leave a little bit of optimism, boost people up but quite frankly we're not in the best shape in the world"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

11. "He'd say now little boy blue, come blow your horn, and the people would all laugh of course this was a kind of mockery. It was sort of difficult to overcome to start out following all that carrying on"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

12. "Here was the Russian ambassador to the United Nations callin' lil' ol' Dorn the number one warmonger of the United States of America"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

13. "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

14. "I don't remember doing much of anything, I didn't even file for an office until I got to Washington and then they didn't have an office"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

15. "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

16. "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

17. "I tell you and can report to you that the GI Education Bill did more to eliminate classism in this nation than all the legislation in the history of this nation combined"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

18. "I was going to depend on that campaign on what pulled me through on all my campaigns, no organization, no money, but on the stump"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

19. "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

20. "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

21. "I'm not going to quote the Bible tonight, I learned better than that a long time ago"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

22. "If you couldn't speak, you better stay out of the race for governor, senator, or congress"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

23. "In your political science classes it's difficult for 'em to understand that time and circumstance determines political outcome or outcome of a political race more than anything else. You cannot foresee intangible factors developing like it did in that race"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

24. "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

25. "It's just a plain question of votes. The black people had been disenfranchised and they couldn't vote"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

26. "My idea simply was to ensure the defense of western Europe, to tell them no, we aren't going to let Communism come a foot further"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

27. "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

28. "One of 7 brothers to serve in the armed forces of the United States of America, boy, you can imagine that kind of spiel on the stump"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

29. "So this seemed like a new day, a new crowd, and the media covered us"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

30. "So why join the American Legion?"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

31. "That case destroyed the white primary"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

32. "The best government business in the whole world, education is good business"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

33. "The central figure of that time in Washington was President Harry Truman"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

34. "Then we didn't have any Republican opposition. That's another thing Professor, that you didn't have to worry about that day and time. You'd receive the Democratic nomination in the primary and was tantamount they always said to the election"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

35. "There was a lot of places in Germany that manufactured beer that was untouched by the bombing"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

36. "They selected him and it was a beautiful selection. He lived in my district, yet he sorta personally disliked Maybank so therefore he could do with us some sincerity; he could lambaste Maybank"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

37. "This was October '45, well there was a political campaign coming up in '46"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

38. "Well here I was two years in the House and I guess I jumped the traces, and got into the race for the United States Senate"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

39. "You just did not have in 1946 any black people participating in the primary"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

40. "You know Russia has never put a man on the moon, not to this day"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

41. Interview series with Mr. Ted Riley

Creator:: Riley, Edward P. "Ted" (1900-1994)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

42. Interview with "Bubba" Meng

Creator:: Meng, Bernard B. "Bubba" (b. 1938)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

43. Interview with Andy Brack

Creator:: Brack, Andy (b. circa 1961)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

44. Interview with Ann "Tunky" Yarborough Riley

Creator:: Riley, Ann Yarborough "Tunky" (1935-2008)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

45. Interview with Arthur Ravenel, Jr.

Creator:: Ravenel, Arthur Jr. (b. 1927)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

46. Interview with Bryan Dorn

Creator:: Dorn, Watson, and Steve Griffin
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

47. Interview with Charles E. Boineau

Creator:: Boineau, Charles E., Jr. (1923-2005)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

48. Interview with Crawford Cook

Creator:: Cook, Crawford (1934-2016)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

49. Interview with Daniel I. Ross, Jr.

Creator:: Ross, Daniel I., Jr. (1923-2008)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

50. Interview with David Rudd

Creator:: Rudd, David
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

51. Interview with Donald S. Russell

Creator:: Russell, Donald S. (1906-1998)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

52. Interview with E. Crosby Lewis

Creator:: Lewis, E. Crosby (b. 1934)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

53. Interview with Edward E. Saleeby

Creator:: Saleeby, Edward E. (1927-2002)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

54. Interview with Floyd Spence

Creator:: Spence, Floyd D. (1928-2001)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

55. Interview with Floyd Spence

Creator:: Spence, Floyd D. (1928-2001)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

56. Interview with Frances Smith

Creator:: Smith, Frances (c. 1920-2009)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

57. Interview with Gov. and Mrs. David Beasley, Nancy Bunch

Creator:: Beasley, Gov. and Mrs. David, and Nancy Bunch
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

58. Interview with Governor James B. Edwards, Mrs. Ann Edwards, James B. Edwards, Jr., and Katherine Edwards Wingate

Creator:: Edwards, James B. (1927-2014)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

59. Interview with Governor James H. Hodges and Mrs. Rachel Hodges

Creator:: Hodges, Governor James H., and Mrs. Rachel Hodges
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

60. Interview with Governor John C. West, Mrs. Lois West, and daughter Shelton Bosley

Creator:: West, Governor John C., Mrs. Lois West, and daughter Shelton West Bosley
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

61. Interview with Governor Richard W. Riley, Mrs. Ann "Tunky" Riley, and son Ted Riley

Creator:: Riley, Governor Richard W., Mrs. Ann "Tunky" Riley, and son Ted Riley
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

62. Interview with Governor Robert E. McNair and Mrs. Josephine McNair

Creator:: McNair, Robert E. (1923-2007)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

63. Interview with Gregory D. Shorey

Creator:: Shorey, Gregory D. (b. 1924)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

64. Interview with Gus Graydon

Creator:: Graydon, Augustus T. "Gus" (1916-2004)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

65. Interview with Hal Ravenel

Creator:: Ravenel, Hal (b. 1940)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

66. Interview with Harry Clayton Walker

Creator:: Walker, Harry (1929-2008)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

67. Interview with Hyman Rubin

Creator:: Rubin, Hyman S. (1913-2005)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

68. Interview with Isaac W. "Ike" Williams

Creator:: Williams, Isaac W. "Ike" (1945-2008)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

69. Interview with Isadore E. Lourie

Creator:: Lourie, Isadore (1932-2003)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

70. Interview with James M. Waddell

Creator:: Waddell, James M., Jr. (1922-2003)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

71. Interview with James P. Harrelson

Creator:: Harrelson, James P. "Preacher" (1919-2003)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

72. Interview with Jesse L. Cooksey

Creator:: Cooksey, Jesse L. (1932-2016)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

73. Interview with Joe Maupin

Creator:: Maupin, Joe (1933-2015)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

74. Interview with John A. Martin

Creator:: Martin, John A. (1921-2009)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

75. Interview with John Carl West

Creator:: West, John Carl (1922-2004)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

76. Interview with John Light Napier

Creator:: Napier, John Light (b. 1947)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

77. Interview with Karen Kollmansperger

Creator:: Kollmansperger, Karen (1941-2012)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

78. Interview with Liz Patterson

Creator:: Patterson, Elizabeth J. (b. 1939)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

79. Interview with Lois West

Creator:: West, Lois (1921-2014)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

80. Interview with Lottie D. "Dolly" Hamby

Creator:: Hamby, Lottie D. "Dolly" (1918-2001)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

81. Interview with Marshall B. Williams

Creator:: Williams, Marshall (1912-1995)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

82. Interview with Marshall Parker

Creator:: Parker, Marshall (1922-2008)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

83. Interview with Martha Edens

Creator:: Edens, Martha (c. 1928-2015)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

84. Interview with Martha Payne

Creator:: Payne, Martha (1922-2014)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

85. Interview with Mary Winton Hughes

Creator:: Hughes, Mary Winton
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

86. Interview with Michael Copps

Creator:: Copps, Michael (b. 1940)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

87. Interview with Mrs. Iris (Carroll) Campbell and son Mike Campbell

Creator:: Campbell, Mrs. Carroll A., and son Mike
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

88. Interview with Raymond A. Harris

Creator:: Harris, Raymond A. (1927-2016)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

89. Interview with Rembert Coney Dennis

Creator:: Dennis, Rembert C. (1915-1992)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

90. Interview with Rembert Coney Dennis

Creator:: Dennis, Rembert C. (1915-1992)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

91. Interview with Robert C. Lake

Creator:: Lake, Robert Campbell, Jr (1925-2013)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

92. Interview with Robert Chapman

Creator:: Chapman, Robert F. (b. 1926)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

93. Interview with Robert T. Ashmore

Creator:: Ashmore, Robert T. (1904-1989)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

94. Interview with Sallie Scott

Creator:: Scott, Sallie
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

95. Interview with Senator Ernest F. Hollings

Creator:: Hollings, Ernest F. "Fritz" (b. 1922)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

96. Interview with Senator Ernest F. Hollings

Creator:: Hollings, Ernest F. "Fritz" (b. 1922)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

97. Interview with Steve Griffith and Watson Dorn

Creator:: Dorn, Watson, and Steve Griffin
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

98. Interview with The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr.

Creator:: Perry, Matthew J., Jr. (1921-2011)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

99. Interview with Thomas Harrington Pope

Creator:: Pope, Thomas Harrington, Jr. (1913-1999)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

100. Interview with Thomas W. Chadwick

Creator:: Chadwick, Thomas W. (1923-2011)
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

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