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07 December 1941
U.S.S. Virginia & U.S.S. Tennessee
Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.
GLC09547.06
11 April 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond writes on his birthday that he feels "one hundred years older." He recommends that she reads "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas.
GLC09120.389
17 April 1944
Diamond describes the contents of a package that his parents have sent him. He recalls the day that he proposed to Estelle, and comments that nearly a year has passed since that date, May 18th. He then discusses how important Estelle is to him in...
GLC09120.394
7 September 1943
Diamond comments on his new palatial home, although complains about the abundance of mosquitoes.
GLC09120.266
30 December 1943
Diamond describes a conversation with one of the "natives" about love and marriage.
GLC09120.321
5 May 1944
Diamond writes that some day he hopes to visit New Zealand or Australia. He comments that he has read part 2 of "France et La Vieux".
GLC09120.407
17 May 1944
Diamond writes the letter while "comfortably loafing on hospital bed", waiting for surgery on a cyst. He tells Estelle that if her cousin joins the infantry and goes into active combat, he will have tremendous respect for him: "Truly the infantry is...
GLC09120.412
7 June 1944
Diamond discusses the "news of the continental invasion."
GLC09120.428
8 June 1944
Diamond describes the Texan ward boy. He also explains that, although he had already written Estelle a letter that day, he "felt like being with [her]."
GLC09120.430
23 June 1944
Diamond writes that they are "doing little else besides train and train some more." He describes a party that a Lieutenant Rubin had given in honor of his fiancée's marriage to another man: "killed a bottle of scotch - laughed - joked…" He also...
GLC09120.440
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