- GLC#
- GLC09120.040-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa. early summer 1942
- Author/Creator
- Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
- Title
- to Estelle Spero
- Place Written
- Aberdeen, Maryland
- Pagination
- 18 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
Letter written while Diamond is on guard duty. Discusses differences between the treatment of black and white soldiers. Diamond mentions that he is being trained as a communications and staff man, and what this role will entail. He also outlines what he believes the war is about, and states that some important questions will need to be answered upon its conclusion. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.
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