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Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945) to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.205 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945) Place Written: Shreveport, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1943 Pagination: 7 p. ; 12.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Diamond describes the "torture" of the ten days of simulated warfare that he and his men had just been on.

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