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Nile Kinnick diary of service in the U.S. Naval Reserve Air Corps, December 3, 1941-February 25, 1942

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night. Francis Heydt also phoned to say hello & ask me out to dinner as soon as I get settled. Larry Winn called to ask if I would make a recorded interview for his sports broadcast to which I consented.
After supper Ken & I again went to town - and once again saw a rather punk movie. Following the show we dropped in to the Drum Room of the President for refreshment, then ambled over to the Town Royale. Whom should we run into there but Donnie Allen, Sid Brody, & Homer Bradshaw all of D. Moines and stationed at Ft. Leavenworth with the observation corps. Said meeting augurs a bit of revelry when we can get together again in the not too distant future.
Finally, we get back to the barracks, getting in ahead of the mob by about and hour and half, of whose arrival we were all to audibly aware about 2:30AM. Barrack life is quite tolerable, but hardly a place in which I would want to bring up young Lord Fauntleroy.

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night. Francis Heydt also phoned to say hello & ask me out to dinner as soon as I get settled. Larry Winn called to ask if I would make a recorded interview for his sports broadcast to which I consented. After supper Ken & I again went to town - and once again saw a rather punk movie. Following the show we dropped in to the Drum Room of the President for refreshment, then ambled over to the Town Royale. Whom should we run into there but Donnie Allen, Sid Brody, & Homer Bradshaw all of D. Moines and stationed at Ft. Leavenworth with the observation corps. Said meeting augurs a bit of revelry when we can get together again in the not too distant future. Finally, we get back to the barracks, getting in ahead of the mob by about and hour and half, of whose arrival we were all to audibly aware about 2:30AM. Barrack life is quite tolerable, but hardly a place in which I would want to bring up young Lord Fauntleroy.