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Circa. April/ May 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
27 September 1942
Diamond pops into a Catholic church while in town in order to take a break. He writes to Estelle that, "while seated there, alone, in the strange hush that only religion can bring about, the thought of death overcame me." He then describes looking...
GLC09120.109
24 October 1942
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
Diamond informs Estelle that he has just received a demerit for having had dirty finger nails. He then describes to Estelle the experience of showering in the Army. Sidney tells Estelle that he has spent the morning listening to the Yiddish Shtunda...
GLC09120.122
12 December 1942
Diamond describes carrying out a "shake-down" inspection - a process that results from a man claiming that some of his personal belongings have been stolen. Sidney responds to Estelle's claim that her uncle had encountered anti-Semitism in the army...
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22 April 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the company has just received orders for the next move which will most probably be to East Texas. He also informs her that on Monday evening he had attended a seder.
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3 June 1943
Diamond complains about having been served pork for all meals recently. He also describes a mock court-martial that took place the day before, in which he played the defendant.
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22 June 1943
Diamond promises Estelle that "…no matter how [he] may be maimed [he's] to return…" He then describes his outfit with his new men - Jewish, Catholic, Protestant - mentioning that they care little for racial distinctions or inane political...
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24 June 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the superb bracelet has arrived, describing it as very "classy". Sidney then offers a prayer, including a plea to God to "[l]et [him] return, the same".
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22 September 1943
Diamond wishes Estelle a "swell Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur".
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7 February 1944
Diamond describes the telephone operator, Kallor, as a Jewish dress cutter from New York who is in Sidney's father's union.
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