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18 December 1942
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond expresses his distress at having been asked to chaperone the soldiers' Christmas Eve party. He again describes his attempts at learning how to drive a jeep.
GLC09120.157
21 December 1942
Diamond describes his first sampling of Mexican food.
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12 January 1943
Diamond describes meeting the Jewish population of El Paso.
drawing of feet on the back by his name
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11 April 1943
Diamond describes his birthday, which was celebrated with a quiet luncheon. However, Sidney reports back that festivities were disturbed by an act of insubordination (a staff sergeant talking back to the company commander), a tremendous quarrel, a...
GLC09120.216
26 April 1943
Diamond describes the experience of having been train quartermaster for the duration of the journey from Louisiana. He then discusses the pleasure of sleeping in a bed and showering after six weeks in a tent.
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24 June 1943
Diamond expresses frustration about the strikes etc. taking place in Detroit while he is trying to carry out his patriotic duties. He reminds Estelle to immediately use V mail as soon as she receives the card with his new address.
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16 August 1942
Diamond mentions that his company is now living in tents, and that he is to have classes every day in the officer candidate school (OCS). Sidney explains that from now on, he will have little time to write to Estelle, but that this does not reflect...
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2 September 1942
Diamond mentions that he has two major exams looming - one on chemical agents and the other on material. Sidney describes the hectic two days that he has just had - a masked agent identification test, an afternoon spent firing FS smoke shells, a...
GLC09120.101
24 October 1942
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...
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28 October 1942
Diamond tells Estelle that he has already received two demerits so far that week - one for having left his footlocker unlocked, and one for having worn a field jacket to dinner. He then proceeds to complain about the cold weather, mentioning that...
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