Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estellle Spero

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GLC#
GLC09120.460
Type
Letters
Date
19 July 1944
Author/Creator
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Title
to Estellle Spero
Place Written
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Pagination
5 p. : + 1 Time magazine clipping Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 28 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Diamond informs Estelle that he has enclosed a page of the Pacific Pony edition of "Time". He writes that it is "really revolutionary. No advertisements, no fancy frills, every ounce of paper utilized." He mentions that the day before he had drunk his first pepsi-cola in over a year. He mentions that that evening he had watched "In Our Time", a film about the "death of the old world the rise of the new in Poland." He describes it as a "nice V for Victory affair which makes you want to believe you know what the hell you're fighting for but down inside you know that's belly-wash -"

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