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14 September 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond appeals for Estelle's understanding as he tries to quell rumors about another girl.
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17 September 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that he expects to be leaving the "luxury duty" shortly.
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18 September 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he seems to have lost his sense of humor somewhere in the South Pacific, but that he has not lost his temper. He then apologizes, explaining that he has had a trying day.
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22 September 1943
Diamond wishes Estelle a "swell Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur".
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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...
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23 September 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that the "colored boy" who worked in the florist shop is on the island with him: "Coincidences galore."
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26 September 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he has sent his "fancy get-ups" home as he has no need for them in his present location. He writes that he would love to be in the European Campaign as "this jungle fighting" is not for him.
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1 October 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he realizes now how fully and totally he loves her: "You are my foundation. The fundamental element of my construction."
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10 October 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that he's just completed a most exhausting few days of training on the northern end of the island.
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17 October 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that, at the termination of a long period of extremely arduous intensive jungle training, he had thought of her constantly. He tells her that "[F]rankly it's been rough", commenting that this "jungle nonsense" is a little out...
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