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Nile Kinnick correspondence, December 1942-March 1943
1942-12-06: Front
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Sunday Dec. 6, 1942 Dear Folks, An heavy fog holds us on the ground this morning. Doubt if we will be able to get up even this afternoon. Things have been going along pretty well. I have two hours of field carrier landings left, two hours of combat, two of navigation, and six of night flying. Should finish up sometime this coming week. Major Smith of the Marine Air Corps whose picture appears on the front of the last issue of Life gave us a little talk about two weeks ago. It was evident that he was worn out physically and mentally, and not very anxious to talk about his experiences. He was a grim, determined looking gent: his facial features were strong and seemed to be chiseled out of steel. What a lot our cause owes to him and his men. The battle grows tougher in Tunisia, but I think we shall get the job done one of these days. The redoubtable Russians continue to advance. It is on them the final defeat of Germany will depend. And thank God they seem more than anxious to do the job. Despite the criticism levied at Churchill because of his statement "we mean to hold our own". I am still strongly for him. I feel that he is quite aware that many changes in British Empire policy must be made, but that he can see no point in abandoning the whole scheme to anarchy and
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Sunday Dec. 6, 1942 Dear Folks, An heavy fog holds us on the ground this morning. Doubt if we will be able to get up even this afternoon. Things have been going along pretty well. I have two hours of field carrier landings left, two hours of combat, two of navigation, and six of night flying. Should finish up sometime this coming week. Major Smith of the Marine Air Corps whose picture appears on the front of the last issue of Life gave us a little talk about two weeks ago. It was evident that he was worn out physically and mentally, and not very anxious to talk about his experiences. He was a grim, determined looking gent: his facial features were strong and seemed to be chiseled out of steel. What a lot our cause owes to him and his men. The battle grows tougher in Tunisia, but I think we shall get the job done one of these days. The redoubtable Russians continue to advance. It is on them the final defeat of Germany will depend. And thank God they seem more than anxious to do the job. Despite the criticism levied at Churchill because of his statement "we mean to hold our own". I am still strongly for him. I feel that he is quite aware that many changes in British Empire policy must be made, but that he can see no point in abandoning the whole scheme to anarchy and
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