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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.274 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: Noumea, New Caledonia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 September 1943 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 33 cm Order a Copy

Diamond describes a hunting and fishing excursion that he, three officers and four sergeants had gone on over the weekend as a way of avoiding the "ennui". He tells her that they had got trapped in a hurricane, and that he had been forced to swim back to shore to get food and help.

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