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Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Idle Observation

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.370.02 Author/Creator: Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975 Place Written: Randolph Field, Texas Type: Newspaper clipping Date: June 3, 1944 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe in a letter dated June 3, 1944. The clipping is a poem titled Idle Observation and is about the different types of whistles that soldiers use when looking at women.

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

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