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Nile Kinnick diary of service in the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Corps, February 26, 1942-September 1, 1942

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doesn't show him in an unfavorable light, but neither does he pull his punches concerning Roosevelt's weakness.  Certainly he was a man of boundless energy and ambition, patriotic, possessed of much ability, a great American, and all that, but he was also vain, vindictive, contradictory.  I don't care for his style of writing much.
The news tonight is that the training syllabus has been changed and that we shall be here twelve weeks with more ground school thrown in.  The prospect doesn't appeal to me.  Had hoped to be commissioned in late August.
Wednesday - July 15
No flying today either.  Sat around & read most of the time.  They started the ground school stuff today.  Most of it seems to be repitition, drier than fallen leaves.
Thursday - July 16
Still no flying - waiting for a gunnery hop.  More sitting around, more ground school lectures, more reading.
Sec. Knox was on the station today looking around.

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doesn't show him in an unfavorable light, but neither does he pull his punches concerning Roosevelt's weakness. Certainly he was a man of boundless energy and ambition, patriotic, possessed of much ability, a great American, and all that, but he was also vain, vindictive, contradictory. I don't care for his style of writing much. The news tonight is that the training syllabus has been changed and that we shall be here twelve weeks with more ground school thrown in. The prospect doesn't appeal to me. Had hoped to be commissioned in late August. Wednesday - July 15 No flying today either. Sat around & read most of the time. They started the ground school stuff today. Most of it seems to be repitition, drier than fallen leaves. Thursday - July 16 Still no flying - waiting for a gunnery hop. More sitting around, more ground school lectures, more reading. Sec. Knox was on the station today looking around.