Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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GLC#
GLC09120.044
Type
Letters
Date
circa. early summer 1942
Author/Creator
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Title
to Estelle Spero
Place Written
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Pagination
9 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Writes of the implications of having been charged to a chemical weapons company; instead of being shipped as a unit, they will all be assigned to different parts of the service - infantry, field artillery etc. Mentions some of the rules that he has received concerning guard duty, and a session that he participated in regarding the handling of rifles. Informs Stella that he spends most of his free time studying gases.

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