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Argentine Steaks Up to Their Reputation in Wartime Letter
A former Cedar Rapids youth now with Pan American Airways in South America writes from Arequipa to describe life in Argentina. He details Buenos Aires cleanliness, modern subways, spicy meals with thick steaks, and travel through Salta Tucuman Cordoba Mendoza and Santiago. He notes aviation work in Peru Bolivia and Brazil and life aboard old German planes with Pan American leases.
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Argentina
Robert S Sampson
Cedar Rapids
Pan American Airways
South America
L. F. Vane
Grande Avenue SE
Frank S Salda
Garfield Sampson
Franklin High School
University of Nebraska
Cornell College
Yale University
University of New Mexico
Navy Air Corps
Peru
Lima
Arequipa
Arica
Antofagasta
Salta
Tucuman
Cordoba
Buenos Aires
B. A
Chicago
States
New York
Santiago
Chile
Mendoza
Cochabamba
Bolivia
Pan American