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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.342 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 February 1944 Pagination: 4 p. ; 22 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

Diamond writes that he is "used to it by now. [His] nerves have settled down to their usual steady jangle."

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