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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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"editorial economics" 
Those who rankle at the worship of Roosevelt's personality can destroy it only by advocating an attitude toward the function of gov't which makes that personality less imp.
How pitiful, that in our concern for the culture of the next generation we neglect the pressing problems of our own day.
p393 - last ¶ - Folklore of Cap.
"The greatest destroyer of ideas is he who believes in them so strongly that he cannot fit them to practical needs." -p393
5/28 - Friday
By mistake we simulated an attack on the Yorktown today.
"nom de guerre"
"wealth cannot be enjoyed without dishonor, or foregone without misery." -G.B.S. [George Bernard Shaw]
file
squad - corp.
platoon - lieutenant
company - cap't
battalion - lt. col
regiment - colonel
brigade - brig. gen.
division - lt. gen.
army - gen.
corps area.

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"editorial economics" Those who rankle at the worship of Roosevelt's personality can destroy it only by advocating an attitude toward the function of gov't which makes that personality less imp. How pitiful, that in our concern for the culture of the next generation we neglect the pressing problems of our own day. p393 - last ¶ - Folklore of Cap. "The greatest destroyer of ideas is he who believes in them so strongly that he cannot fit them to practical needs." -p393 5/28 - Friday By mistake we simulated an attack on the Yorktown today. "nom de guerre" "wealth cannot be enjoyed without dishonor, or foregone without misery." -G.B.S. [George Bernard Shaw] file squad - corp. platoon - lieutenant company - cap't battalion - lt. col regiment - colonel brigade - brig. gen. division - lt. gen. army - gen. corps area.