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29 September 1942
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond tells Estelle that he has too little time to think out logical replies to her many and varied questions.
GLC09120.112
September 1942
Letter written while in a program and instruction class. Diamond gives Estelle a definition of the terms lecture, military training, policies, sanitation, scouting and patrolling and field fortifications. He also informs her that he has received...
GLC09120.113
11 October 1942
Diamond describes a visit to Baltimore that he had made the previous Saturday night. Sidney also mentions the "cracking tension" that he has been experiencing.
GLC09120.114
13 October 1942
Diamond informs Estelle that eighteen members of his platoon have been selected to go before the board, and of this number five to ten will be asked to resign. He also mentions the 60% casualty rate at the "Dieppe incident".
GLC09120.115
Diamond describes a "Make the Boys Happy" show that had been performed for the troops in the Recreation Hall.
Written at Edgewood Arsenal
GLC09120.116
14 October 1942
Diamond explains that, at this point, graduating candidates will be selected not only by their grades, but also personality.
GLC09120.117
19 October 1942
Diamond discusses Congress' contemplation to prohibit the sale of liquor near army posts.
GLC09120.118
22 October 1942
Diamond describes the experience of going up for Board Review.
GLC09120.119
1861-1877
Wood, Thomas Denison, fl. 1942
Newspaper Clipping, name of the newspaper not cited.
Article that must have been included in one of Diamond's letters to Estelle, entitled, "War-Model Love." With notes and much underlining.
GLC09120.120
23 October 1942
Diamond informs Estelle that they had "lost" two more men that week due to the high expectations of the program. He then describes his morning - a two-hour long film on motor transportation followed by a one-hour test on the material contained in...
GLC09120.121
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