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Collection Reference Number GLC09120.189
From Archive Folder Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero 
Title Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Date 8 February 1943
Author Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)  
Recipient Spero, Estelle  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He describes his men's combat firing practice. The following day, he is to go out to a nearby range and practice the emplacement of mustard land mines.
Subjects World War II  Soldier's Letter  Love Letters  Chemical Warfare  Science and Technology  
People Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)  Spero, Estelle (b. 1924)  
Place written Fort Bliss, Texas
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