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[The Sta-In Shirt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.027.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: Randolph Field, Texas Type: Newspaper clipping Date: November 24, 1942 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated November 24, 1942. The clipping is an advertisement for the Sta-In Shirt. The shirt has a hidden draw string to help it stay neatly tucked in. Includes an advertisement for Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands playing in "War Camps and War Plants" on the rear of the page.

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
World War II
Soldier's Letter
Air Force
World War II

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