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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC09120.101
From Archive Folder	Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Title	Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Date	2 September 1942
Author	Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
Recipient	Spero, Estelle
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Diamond mentions that he has two major exams looming - one on chemical agents and the other on material. Sidney describes the hectic two days that he has just had - a masked agent identification test, an afternoon spent firing FS smoke shells, a parade, a long session on chemical weapons and another on foreign chemical agents and enemy activities.
Subjects	World War II Soldier's Letter Love Letters Chemical Warfare Science and Technology Education
People	Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945) Spero, Estelle (b. 1924)
Place written	Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Theme	World War II; Science, Technology, Invention; Education
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information	Folder information: Sidney Diamond (1922-1945) enlisted in mid-April 1942, interrupting the chemical engineering degree that he was undertaking at City College. Diamond was sent to the South Pacific in June 1943, where he served as First Lieutenant to the Eighty-Second Chemical Battalion. On January 29th 1945, Diamond was killed by a Japanese knee mortar while acting as a forward observer during an assault on Fort Stotsenburg, north of Manila. Throughout his time in service, Sidney maintained an epistolary correspondence with Estelle Spero, his sweetheart and subsequently fiancée, the letters from which she preserved.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945

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