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2 May 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Describes his dismay at the fact that as soon as he gets to know his peers, they are moved on. Gives a brief description of the camp town.
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4 May 1942
Discusses the wedding of a "negro" soldier, and muses over the range of social classes that he has encountered in the army.
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Circa. April/ May 1942
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.
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Describes the process of being given an army uniform, and how it creates a sense of equality in the company. Warns Estelle not to trust soldiers.
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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...
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Circa. April 1942
Diamond informs Estelle that he is working in the kitchen peeling potatoes while he waits for the company to fill up.
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Outlines what his day has consisted of - primarily an array of lectures on decontamination techniques and different incendiaries.
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10 May 1942
States that he is in the chemical warfare service training. He is swell, but has no phone.
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Circa. May 1942
Offers Estelle the option of leaving him as he feels that he is unable to offer her a stable future
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Reprimands Estelle somewhat for telling him that he should not have enlisted in the army, and asks her to avoid doing so in the future.
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