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2 July 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond comments on the amusing nature of the advertisements in popular magazines. He writes that he has received no mail from Estelle that day, "as usual".
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Diamond informs Estelle he has just been appointed Company orientation officer, a position that entails preparing lectures and aid in making the "American soldier the best informed soldier in the world." He writes that the topic for the following...
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July 1944
Handwritten notes on U.S Foreign Policy
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contains love poem
photocopy
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5 July 1944
Diamond writes that he is in an "ugly mood", but that it will have passed by the morrow. Sidney comments that Estelle is now the "traveler": "You're meeting new people, doing different things - seeing new sights…"
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6 July 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that he had given a lecture to an infantry outfit that morning. Sidney writes a short "scene" between a man and his wife.
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7 July 1944
Diamond describes to Estelle in a mocking tone their "control baby".
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9 July 1944
Diamond writes that there is "nothing new to report - all is the same…" Sidney discusses an article in Readers Digest that he had read about the "white-black relationship in the South".
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10 July 1944
Diamond discusses his dislike of Frank Sinatra.
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11 July 1944
Diamond reports that the battalion is undergoing a "reorganization to conform with a new table of organization for chemical battalion."
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