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Title
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GLC09120.046: Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero, 1942.
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Subject
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World War II;
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Description
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Describes the experience of being subjected to a dose of chloracetophenone (tear gas) in order to demonstrate to the soldiers the value of the gas mask. Outlines the rest of the day's schedule - a class in military customs and the History of chemical warfare, a class on the identification of airplanes, a session during which the company were forced to lay out field wire and telephones and sessions with both the rifle and revolver. Explains the etymological root of the expression, a "gig", meaning a special detail assigned after hours as a mode of punishment
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Creator
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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
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Source
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The Gilder Lehman Institute of American History (Collection)
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Date
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1942
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Relation
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GLC09120
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Extent
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9 p. ; 18.5 x 27 cm.
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Language
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English
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Type
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Autograph letter signed