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to Estelle Spero
4 April 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Diamond writes that the oriental inscription on the ring that Estelle bought for him causes him embarrassment, as people assume that he "Got that off a Jap".
GLC09120.385
17 April 1944
Diamond describes the contents of a package that his parents have sent him. He recalls the day that he proposed to Estelle, and comments that nearly a year has passed since that date, May 18th. He then discusses how important Estelle is to him in...
GLC09120.394
21 April 1944
Diamond tells Estelle that he spent Passover participating in a push. He discusses the horrifying effect of encountering great masses of dead bodies.
GLC09120.397
to Sidney Diamond
30 May 1944
Shelvelson, Harris, fl. 1944
Letter thanking Diamond for his informing the magazine that the poem that they published in their April issue appears on a tombstone in the Bronx, and not Indiana as they claimed. Diamond then appends the letter with a short handwritten explanation...
GLC09120.423
Handwritten notes
July 1944
Story about being on an observation post during a "Jap attack", and a faulty cartridge preventing Diamond from killing the target.
GLC09120.468
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