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20 January 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond asks Estelle to send V-mails in addition to her lengthy air mail letters, as he receives his parents' fairly regularly.
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1861-1877
Sketch of Stanley Diamond as a boy
Diamond writes that the mouth is "too feminine".
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14 February 1944
Diamond apologizes for having neglected Estelle on St. Valentines day.
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23 February 1944
Diamond writes that his outfit boasts "a washing machine, ice box, and recently a generator & electric lights
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9 March 1944
Diamond thanks Estelle for the New Yorker that she had subscribed to for him, and then proceeds to "rampage through the 'mag'
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14 March 1944
Diamond writes that he is recovering from a 96 hour stretch without sleep: "I needed your shoulder badly".
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22 September 1943
Diamond wishes Estelle a "swell Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur".
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1 October 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he realizes now how fully and totally he loves her: "You are my foundation. The fundamental element of my construction."
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21 October 1943
Diamond complains that "[N]othing has occurred to disrupt the sameness of…existence here." Sidney instructs Estelle to have enough fun for the both of them, telling her that she should know that he would never condemn her for anything except wasting...
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8 November 1943
Diamond complains about the difficulties of laundering clothes in the jungle.
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