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to Estelle Spero
6 January 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Diamond expresses frustration about the fact that in Texas, everything after twelve noon is described as taking place in the evening.
GLC09120.168
February 3, 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he has enclosed some notes scribbled in class while at Edgewood that he found in the pad on which he is writing. He explains that it mentions one of his nicknames, G. T., and also informs Estelle that his new nickname is...
GLC09120.187
4 March 1943
Diamond describes the poverty, hunger and crime found in the border town. He also asks Estelle to send him an identification tag.
GLC09120.199
17 March 1943
Diamond describes the East Texan scenery that he is surrounded by.
GLC09120.203
22 April 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the company has just received orders for the next move which will most probably be to East Texas. He also informs her that on Monday evening he had attended a seder.
GLC09120.217
21 May 1943
Diamond discusses his "unsurpassable proposal" to Estelle, and then describes the train journey back from New York to Texas.
GLC09120.226
23 May 1943
Diamond describes discomfort caused by a typhoid injection, being officer of the day on a Sunday and the immense heat of a summer day in Texas. He apologizes for not having written on Friday or Saturday, explaining that he had been on a battalion...
GLC09120.228
June 1943
12 p originally, but first 8 pages are missing. Letter written about moving from Texas to California, but main body of the letter is missing.
GLC09120.242
22 August 1943
Diamond describes an incident of "cowboys and Indians" when he had thought that a cow in the bush had been an enemy.
GLC09120.261
To "My Dear Sir"
25 April 1862
Littell, E., 1797-1870
GLC09190.07
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