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14 March 1944
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond writes that he is recovering from a 96 hour stretch without sleep: "I needed your shoulder badly".
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17 March 1944
Diamond wonders "how these Nips can keep getting literally slaughtered." He comments that this is one period that he doesn't want to share with anyone: "I'm spending the rest of my life forgetting it."
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18 March 1944
Diamond apologizes for the brevity of his notes, explaining that he doesn't have the time, place or imagination to write more. He promises to "come out of this mess."
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19 March 1944
Diamond describes a reconnaissance trip that all of the officers had gone on that afternoon.
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21 March 1944
Diamond comments on how sad it is "that man must come to destroy, scar, and burn."
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22 March 1944
Diamond compares his current situation to attempting to descend an upwards-bound escalator: "One steps down only to be brought back to the starting point."
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23 March 1944
Diamond states that he seldom writes when in the field, primarily "because there is nothing of consequence to relate."
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25 March 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that he is writing in a hole, with a small lantern providing light.
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29 March 1944
Diamond describes the closest to real fighting that he has experienced.
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30 March 1944
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