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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.082 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 1942 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Diamond describes a six-mile hike that he had gone on that day, two miles of which was done wearing a gas mask.

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