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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC09120.109
From Archive Folder	Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Title	Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero
Date	27 September 1942
Author	Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
Recipient	Spero, Estelle
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Diamond pops into a Catholic church while in town in order to take a break. He writes to Estelle that, "while seated there, alone, in the strange hush that only religion can bring about, the thought of death overcame me." He then describes looking into the Bible for some sort of inspiration, and tries to interpret the Biblical verse, "Deliver me from mine enemies, Protect me from them that persecute me."
Subjects	World War II Soldier's Letter Love Letters Religion
People	Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945) Spero, Estelle (b. 1924)
Place written	Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Theme	World War II; Religion
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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