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circa 1942
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Discusses the gardening task that he had carried out the day before. Also mentions a divinity student's frustration with the language employed in the army.
GLC09120.009
Describes his elation with his new post in Edgewood Arsenal, where everyone behaves "like a gentleman and a soldier". States that the Chemical Warfare Service is merely a year and a half old, and consequently "acts its age - young, militant...
GLC09120.011
Diamond informs Estelle that he is working in the kitchen peeling potatoes while he waits for the company to fill up. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.
GLC09120.012
Outlines what his day has consisted of - primarily an array of lectures on decontamination techniques and different incendiaries. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.
GLC09120.013
10 May 1942
States that he is in the chemical warfare service training. He is swell, but has no phone. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.
GLC09120.014
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