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September 25, 1944

Brown, Scott, fl. 1944

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Cartoon]

One newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated September 25, 1944. The cartoon features a soldier in holding a bra. In front of him is an unpacked care package. Another soldier is standing next to him looking surprised. The caption reads, "Mom sure is absent-minded - I got a sister in the Waves."

GLC10047.01.419.03

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