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- GLC#
- GLC09120.122-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 24, 1942
- Author/Creator
- Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
- Title
- to Estelle Spero
- Place Written
- Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Pagination
- 8 p. : Height: 15.5 cm, Width: 23 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
Diamond informs Estelle that he has just received a demerit for having had dirty finger nails. He then describes to Estelle the experience of showering in the Army. Sidney tells Estelle that he has spent the morning listening to the Yiddish Shtunda, attempting to interpret the songs to his peers. He expresses frustration at how little these "fellows" from the Mid-West know about Jews
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