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- GLC#
- GLC09120.415-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 22, 1944
- Author/Creator
- Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
- Title
- to Estelle Spero
- Place Written
- Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 18 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
Diamond expresses frustration about being "shackled" to his hospital bed while recuperating. He describes a conversation that he had with his "cell mate" from New Zealand, who had been amazed "at American soldiers not getting the fullest consideration in voting in the presidential election."
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