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1. "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

2. "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

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. "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. "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. "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

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. "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

9. "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

10. "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