Mr. Ely. I believe you mentioned earlier that he did not seem to you particularly interested in girls.
Was this just because he was interested in other things, or do you have any reason to believe that there was anything abnormal about his desires?
Mr. Donovan. I have no reason to suspect that he was homosexual, and in that squadron at that time one fellow was discharged from the service for being homosexual. He was in no way tied in with it that I know of. His lack of interest in girls may be only my belief, because as an officer I cannot have occasion to know him socially, but in our conversations he never was particularly interested in talking about them.
Mr. Ely. Do you know whether he smoked?
Mr. Donovan. I don't recall.
Mr. Ely. Would you say that he had a good sense of humor?
Mr. Donovan. If my sense of humor is good, he did not.
Mr. Ely. Did he attempt to be funny?
Mr. Donovan. He attempted it at times.
Mr. Ely. And, in your opinion, failed?