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Nile Kinnick diary of service in the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Corps, January 1, 1943-June 1, 1943

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A position of leadership & responsibility should mean more work, more sacrifice, not privilege & repose. Parents should guide & discipline their children so that they will learn their lessons of life by minor experiences of grief & mistake. Too much warning, restrictions & prohibitions brings rebellion sooner or later with all its sad consequences. No man, or group of men, is wise enough to rule a country in happiness & prosperity. It takes the wisdom & perspective born of the crucible of free debate & discussion of a demo. people. "Mighty as a Rose" "Take it off" Movies & band on the hangar deck after supper - The happy, peaceful, kindly mind is the one which loses all sense of self and takes no thought of the physical body. Most unforgettable characters - grandpa Kinnick grandpa & grandma Clarke, parents, "close but no cigar" 5/11 -Tuesday Under way at last after 8 days delay around noon - beautiful day - sunny, good breeze, low scattered clouds. On the bosom of the deep -gentle pitch & roll of the ship. Scouts coming aboard at dusk, etc - exciting, adventurous is life aboard a carrier'
 
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