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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-May 1942
1942-03-12: Page 05
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Monday - 7:30 AM March 16, 1942 Dear Folks, I am supposed to be taking semaphore and blinker this period, but watching that guy wave those flags around and then snap that light on and off gives me the "heebie jeebies" - to preserve my sanity I had better knock off and write you a letter. It has been a dismal and uninteresting weekend. A heavy fog has shut us in for two days now, blotting out the sun and keeping all planes on the ground. There has been a good deal of this sort of weather since reporting here - a far cry from the sunny south which I had pictured. Pettit had a watch Saturday night, but I rounded up a few of the other boys and drove into Pensacola for a look around. It isn't much of a place, confirming all the reports I had heard. Except for the desirability of a change of scenery and atmosphere now and then it would hold no attraction, whatsoever. George would have gotten quite a "bang" out of seeing me all decked out in my cadet uniform. I suppose I looked as good as the next fellow, but, nonetheless, I don't believe I'll ever be wild about wearing a uniform. Nothing interrupts the routine down here. It is the same thing over and over again, day after day. Consequently, I am running out of new things to tell. Until I start flying around the end of the month my letters are apt to be rather short. Perhaps, once baseball gets under weigh there will be something of interest to relate - such as which end of the dugout I sat in, etc. A few days ago the Kansas City boys got the back pay they had coming to them. We had never received out flight pay at K.C., and for some reason or another we were never paid for the period we were in New Orleans. This provided me with more cash than I cared to keep around the room so I bought six $25 bonds (defense). These I shall be sending home one of these days - I wish you would put them with the others. Also, I shall mail you some pictures - my identification picture, a shot of the football coach & me, and three portraits of me in "whites" taken for use in the Flight Jacket (the Pensacola Air Station annual). It will be a week or so before I have them all ready to mail so don't expect them right away. Received a box of nut bread from grandma on Saturday. Enjoyed it very much - tho it didn't last long. It would be my observation that Toll House cookies are in the best shape upon arrival of anything of that nature that you might send.
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Monday - 7:30 AM March 16, 1942 Dear Folks, I am supposed to be taking semaphore and blinker this period, but watching that guy wave those flags around and then snap that light on and off gives me the "heebie jeebies" - to preserve my sanity I had better knock off and write you a letter. It has been a dismal and uninteresting weekend. A heavy fog has shut us in for two days now, blotting out the sun and keeping all planes on the ground. There has been a good deal of this sort of weather since reporting here - a far cry from the sunny south which I had pictured. Pettit had a watch Saturday night, but I rounded up a few of the other boys and drove into Pensacola for a look around. It isn't much of a place, confirming all the reports I had heard. Except for the desirability of a change of scenery and atmosphere now and then it would hold no attraction, whatsoever. George would have gotten quite a "bang" out of seeing me all decked out in my cadet uniform. I suppose I looked as good as the next fellow, but, nonetheless, I don't believe I'll ever be wild about wearing a uniform. Nothing interrupts the routine down here. It is the same thing over and over again, day after day. Consequently, I am running out of new things to tell. Until I start flying around the end of the month my letters are apt to be rather short. Perhaps, once baseball gets under weigh there will be something of interest to relate - such as which end of the dugout I sat in, etc. A few days ago the Kansas City boys got the back pay they had coming to them. We had never received out flight pay at K.C., and for some reason or another we were never paid for the period we were in New Orleans. This provided me with more cash than I cared to keep around the room so I bought six $25 bonds (defense). These I shall be sending home one of these days - I wish you would put them with the others. Also, I shall mail you some pictures - my identification picture, a shot of the football coach & me, and three portraits of me in "whites" taken for use in the Flight Jacket (the Pensacola Air Station annual). It will be a week or so before I have them all ready to mail so don't expect them right away. Received a box of nut bread from grandma on Saturday. Enjoyed it very much - tho it didn't last long. It would be my observation that Toll House cookies are in the best shape upon arrival of anything of that nature that you might send.
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