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16 March 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond tells Estelle that he is "desperately in love".
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17 March 1943
Diamond describes the East Texan scenery that he is surrounded by.
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18 March 1943
Diamond describes the company mascot, Mabel the dog, digging a slit trench for herself to sleep in.
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28 March 1943
Diamond describes the "torture" of the ten days of simulated warfare that he and his men had just been on.
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29 March 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he just spent an entire day cleaning equipment.
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31 March 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that they are devoting the next period of time to providing additional training to the men, teaching them about camouflage, discipline, depression etc.
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Diamond describes having fought a forest fire during training that day.
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1 April 1943
Diamond reminisces over his first date with Estelle. He also tells her during the day, he had been forced to crawl within 500 yards of his target in order to get some decent observation
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April 1943
Diamond describes having taken his troops on a trip to practice compass. He tells Estelle about the surrounding Louisiana scenery.
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Diamond tells Estelle that April 24th will mark a year of army service for him, an experience that has transformed him into a "frowning, quiet, determined man who refuses to listen to excuses".
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