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Collection Reference Number GLC09120.035
From Archive Folder Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero 
Title Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Date 12 June 1942
Author Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)  
Recipient Spero, Estelle  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Describes a seven mile hike that his platoon had completed before supper. Discusses the process of "blood typing" that the army carries out, stamping each soldier's blood type onto his identification tag, enabling hasty blood transfusions should the need arise. Describes the effects of the chemical phosgene. Mentions a discussion that had arisen that morning regarding gas-proof chambers, and that he is being considered as possible officer training material. Received June 12 1942.
Subjects World War II  Asia  Soldier's Letter  Love Letters  Science and Technology  Chemical Warfare  
People Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)  Spero, Estelle (b. 1924)  
Place written Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Theme World War II; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Folder information: Sidney Diamond (1922-1945) enlisted in mid-April 1942, interrupting the chemical engineering degree that he was undertaking at City College. Diamond was sent to the South Pacific in June 1943, where he served as First Lieutenant to the Eighty-Second Chemical Battalion. On January 29th 1945, Diamond was killed by a Japanese knee mortar while acting as a forward observer during an assault on Fort Stotsenburg, north of Manila. Throughout his time in service, Sidney maintained an epistolary correspondence with Estelle Spero, his sweetheart and subsequently fiancée, the letters from which she preserved.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945