Oral History Interview: Eugene Houser of Farmer City

                                    
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this is an interview with Eugene Houser on March 7th  two 

2008 we’re in the studio at will TV 

baby in Campbell Hall Urbana Illinois Henry Radcliffe 

Radcliffe is doing the video taping and my name is Nancy Russell 

ok World War II 

to where were you when it started 

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that’s just how I was doing 

I’m still in highschool when she started yesterday was school we didn’t get involved in 

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University of Purdue when Pearl Harbor was bombed 

respond to how did you find out about it 

is it raining on KISS TV at a time 

do you remember a reaction to it effective 

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who is going to have on Hall of Justice lot of talk on campus 

Campus portal how did you get involved 

I got to the Sun to get to the University 

Bruce the end who was drafted at the end 

ozone in the Sea of Monsters trailer 

is handicap came out was looking to destruction 

health notice in the draft board 2014 induction 

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induction and supply for deferments 

I said look at that girl go what year was that 

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informer city in on the farm in Farmer City 

infinera to Brazil 

to resent Camp Atterbury in Indiana 

it wasn’t for the induction center Camp Atterbury remove tooth 

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2 Disney World going to get to Atlanta 

will not charge this year going up to camp Croft in South Carolina 

7th heaven basic training in camp Croft 

soft train does an infantry scout 

that’s what you’re supposed to do 

girls intelligence in Whoville confront see what’s going on the report back 

blackboard at the end of basic training 

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training Bluetooth impact of Henry Venn 

shipped out from Newport News Virginia phone USA 

USS America employee 5000 replacements 

send them just replacements to fill in 

vacancies in in the US from a combat remember the 

the cruise Red Skelton the comedian 

is an army person search 

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service time and chip is army duty 

Holy Spirit rain boots 

who’s working he was entertaining the troops the time we got to Naples 

Naples he was exhausted what was his job on the ship 

potatoes with his dick 

feeling good by the ideas we came to the 

do the trace of Gibraltar that night he said to take a shower 

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veins I get 5 million dollars worth of Prudential Insurance 

Institute for dental insurance to total 55 million dollars 

then turn the lights on on the rock so we went to court 

across the warning lights on the go through dental 

Rock of Gibraltar is a trademark in Prudential Insurance 

then we went to the train in Newark 

where to buy of Naples Ruby disembarked 

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who can get to the do dark glasses 

babes full of something vessels 3 pet 

Deadpool after one vessel to the gangplank down and walk from one person to another 

do nothing to get to the shore and then 

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Martin County FL news Dairy Farm Agent first dates in area 

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who’s that lady what removes clothes 

prayer time azan dairy farms serve some time 

is Night Garden protemp Mountain Division up in the mountains 

Antrim dairy family moved into 

Serta first Thursday January notes stationery 

where is new this sheath headquarters Matson supreme hike 

high command Nutrition Center 

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and then from there we moved up to Naples 

before I was assigned a unit 

spare time I went to the headquarters in health the truth 

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Titleist Switzerland type 

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cut orders for incoming troops incentives 

what’s the order send what to do the founder of their near Newton 

where’s the replacements Randall Wilson farms riding unit 

becoming the type of cigarette 

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rose and going up to the front with a rifle 

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NFL Naples received troops coming in 

is there support something move to the front and receive 

received troops coming back from the front to end up points to visit discharge 

charged are there ever been 

transferred to the Civic Theatre 

ship came in with troops we loaded up with people 

people going back to the ships for victory ship 

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ships of Liberty ships in battleship severe cramps carriers 

LensCrafters take it or 10 personal back to the States 

how did you decide which which ones were going to go where to place 

place the order Mr came in to the devil 

so they needed a certain number of points to go home 

and when they run your sending a minute replacements 

how did you know which ones went where 

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go see if they have enough points they can tussin and we sent them home 

sandwich stand up replacements for those people 

 

points points for the course transferred to the 

do the Pacific Theaters close to starving for replacement South air 

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New Guinea lead solder New Guinea 

give me those fighting hand to hand forge 3638 

days without letting me play sims Wii console replacement circle into Europe 

New York internal in New York became 

was liberated did we sent replacement after 

do the Pacific Theater ijobs 

what time is it type of just wasn’t made our shift 

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very very lenient interspar timing at Naples me 

on the weekends we go.to Pompeii 

turn her know about pump air climb Mount Vesuvius 

yeah love acrostic poem 

banks of Mount Vesuvius to climb up there 

look inside to the steam screen out 

are we taking another weekend we could take PT boat trader 

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dial Capri 

Anna 

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who’s going to have a World’s Fair to have non fancy buildings auditorium scene 

FanDuel is read use those 

removed up to 

Florence 

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21 Stillwell River Naples when are every 3 months 

thank you go up to room for a week Anna frozen 

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encyclopedias what was in Roman 

forces that occur in all the ruins 

so we went to Rome first thing I did was went to Saint Peters 

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Cathedral Panda Sony Swiss Guard 

cards that says Teresa sin sisters are sweet 

Swiss flight ticket on myself to go into the Swiss canton 

teen how’s the new uniform 

canteen with Swiss Guard restaurant had coffee and so forth 

viscous anyone could speak English and then 

referred me to this Smith Oya Oya 

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and then we supposed to throw a couple of hours Mr Z 

tomorrow’s my day off if you come back I’ll take you to her room 

so we still on Rome by his own foot 

what’s a Swiss Guards in guide Hotels unique 

 

I’m from Naples to be moved up to Florence for two months 

do the same thing processing troops 

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weekends with going to Florence get a haircut 

2003 2007 

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the city of Florence bluetooth 

Marina di Pisa nearest station on the farm 

Foreman second floor in the bathroom 

bar where we slept we can look out the window lyrics Stephen Lynch 

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Google I need tower escorts on the weekends we doing 

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circular stair way trip to the top of the tower 

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sowe Under Armour the bill 

I get the same swing in the news swingers floor and we swing by 

going back and forth on a big be down 

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the latest in life after love 

paisans like that goes I use the bells for emergency 

virgin sees a reptile ring the bells that wasn’t 

protocol later on 

ring the bells theater is the Sun 

Foundation or wasn’t good for the stability of the tower 

send me 40 years later this from hip did anybody from climbing the tower 

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until I found out how to stabilize it 

how did you keep track of what was going on in the different theatres of war 

4 arcanems to Z 

who had the Stars and Stripes tonight then daily 

the daily paper 

wake up tracklist Progressive Era 

serving in the Pacific incarcerated bill Mullins 

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cartoons of William Joad 34 book 

four books in his library from former 

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shih tzus come in there be reprocessed roots again p****** 

Barnard we had one or North winter 

when to switch Atlanta what you’re really fun week 2 

and if we had Swissvale is a blood relative we could stay with him 

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it was the blood relatives still staying with the tour 

distant cousin of mine became a grandfather 

and so it has able to stay with him and he took it from Disney World 

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Pittsburgh sentiment that couple younger cousins ever 

going to Polytechnic in Zurich sunny flea market 

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Arkansas doctors degrees and we became fast 

friends and he came over here after the war simple times and seasons 

Sousa Susanville to Stanford Research Institute 

2200 nearest food stamps for Easter 

search Institute think I 20 in our sins 

Switzerland how did how did the Swiss feel about the Americans 

live neutral 

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thanks Satan have any opinion on the war 

live near me 

making progress Garden 

grandfather in the car producing the garage converted to km 

the conversion of blocks Lincoln Drive Edina 

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what year 

what year was this by this point machines in 45 and 46 

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panda what was the reaction to that 

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do you think that it was a reaction 

reaction to who is replacement was 

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don’t you know much about it too much about Truman 

next to you talking about the reactions is 

the Swiss people Switzerland was neutral 

we weren’t allowed to fly over Switzerland 

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their craft through radio adapter and Fire Dedham 

any send to your flying over switch territory 

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saying we move from here to there how big was the office you were in how many people 

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when I came into into a 

Depilex uniform 

put your name and address 

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any blood type Tony’s place in Northeast PA 

which place we get there name and put them on a wooden dresser 

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machine cut long to move on org 

open orders and then the next day with God 

coolest names and put them on the trucks 

Leghorn everything everything 

every evening I check the incoming troops for a baby 

from DeWitt County Road Farmer City 

what happened to find Wonder was the Kenneth West ray from 

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Beaver County head in the diva County Sheriff 

when he was in the EMTs in the army silhouette 

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dictionary and he said well this is first time in my 4 years 

service that I knew what was going to happen to me next day 

what he was in service is wife of the sheriff of DeWitt County 

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instant acts like that way 

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the queen with all the forts because we would send them to Fort Dix from Fort Myers 

Fort Monmouth or older vehicle became of the quick results names 

and Pharrell noise when sending to Fort Sheridan or 

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Great Lakes how did how did 

does anybody keep track of how many points somebody have to know this 

service overseas 

the battles I think Bella Donaldson County number 2 

children that you had best home 

sleazydream Council many points in remember then 

the high points with a words on the hype 

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I just wondered where the records were kept because you don’t have a computer 

which would tell you it was all down on paper 

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Lucy’s Japanese Americans who were imprisoned 

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movies with the most successful battles Randstad 

no standing service 

servings is in the depo he worked at the motor pool 

Samsung Note 2 to the government was selling surplus 

vehicles surplus Jeeps 

NS 450 is good if your sergeant 

hire you can buy a jeep and it would be sent home inspector 

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baggage Gym kicked out of real nice G for me 

wonderful dinner in service on the front bumper 

still have the the post never end up together 

led windshield for the hook on soon 

the driving Jeep down the road and the Germans in heaven 

Denver Water stretched from tree to tree in the crossroad 

this bar with cassette moving behind the drivers 

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Jeep personnel Fuji Pigott still have this bar on it 

who knew revisited been in service library 

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what rank were you that you were able to get one of those 

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the tech sergeant NAVV a good gym 

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things to do that 

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Dr Fuhrman and not married to Jim 

who is the former Purdue student what year was that 

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bloodlines 

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did you find it hard to come back and adjust to being on the phone 

number for Kmart back in the harvest time 

Microprose handicapped fathers day for 2 years 

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put up with whoever is available to help with farm work 

I thought that do not believe in him but 

I couldn’t I couldn’t not serve 

are there a lot of people you knew from Farmer City who had gone 

we’re already in the service when you friends 

factor doctor 

12 years ago there was a 

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Kyocera the Main Street Farmer City 

nearest tenth next to the library in soul silver 

talking about their world war 2 experiences 

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experiences similar to horrible to talk about 

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movie going to come from dirt to tell their stories like for this 10 lyrics 

record those name of the people who are those stores 

I got something to say 

sexiest but Dick Smith lose 

Farm South Parnell for 50 years you just a farmer 

armor and then I met him in the car clinic 

in the waiting room and his grandson in this life for with him 

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I said I clear in the World War 2 

record your story 

who is interested I said you have me told your wife with her what you did 

is a dick you C should do that 

I don’t know where you were what you should write a story about two weeks 

two weeks later he gave a story to John Dawson 

Reverso later he said I miss you more than I can add to that that story 

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it was interesting facts what we learn from him 

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couple days it was the doctrine of Naples 

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mn Dr trestle out from underneath a train 

as far as we know that was you when a submarine has ever 

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submarine was out in later on this town in the ocean 

and then compass went out of commission 

winter celebration cloudy night 

navigator couldn’t find out where it was from the stars 

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salute to the captain inspire sign over 5 miles north on the Burma Road 

the road what’s your book called 

books called the rules the rules Remembered 

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and then we could find out but moves down 

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what is the pilot on a b17 who was shot down 

shutdown his soul State Route explained to a soldier 

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then he bailed wrote the song every one of those parachuting out 

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who’s killed before before they hit the ground 

and we go down to the ground 

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is the chance to get back at him so he said he would he 

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who came to world war. This couldn’t talk about 

whats the center of a lot of the men that you got to right 

right but they hadn’t talked about it before 

who do snuff taught think it’s easier to write about it then talk about it 

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looking back at it all what what which 

which how do you feel about ww2 and being fingered of it all 

I had to in the country 

everybody in the countries involved with it 

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how does he feel when you decide what they say to you when you got home 

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how would you tapped out 

keep track of what was happening at home weaves 

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and I said I be calling this certain hour 

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otherwise it was just died 

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afterward did you keep in touch with any of the special friends that use meth for years 

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Colorado he came home 

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working as a veterinarian in the state C relisted 

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how many states there is force 20 or 30 years 

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did you talk about what happened then you just talked about our families 

not until the book 

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they were trained to do anything to train for mountain skiing 

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when the Germans her situation top that mountain to 

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everytime we meet we learn more about his experience 

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John Dawson as a member you obviously have a lot of 

lot of respect for all of the different experiences the June Goshen near Gloucester 

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if you were going to tell a grand son 

the Sun something about ww2 what would it be 

 

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about the whole war not even just your part of it 

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