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Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Texas - You Can Have It.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.209.02 Author/Creator: Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Place Written: Randolph Field, Texas Type: Poem Date: October 3, 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One poem sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated October 3, 1943. This poem is titled "Texas - You Can Have It." On the back of the poem is a series of articles or announcements. This was possibly cut out of a military newsletter.

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975

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