Women Veterans Historical Collection

Catherine "Kay" Cox (b. 1922) of Salem, Massachusetts, was a recruiter in the WAC (Women's Army Corps) during World War II.

BIOGRAPHY
Catherine "Kay" Cox (b. 1922) of Salem, Massachusetts, attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in August 1943 and was sent to the Second WAC Training Center at Daytona, Florida. In early 1944, Cox was assigned to Stark General Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She was transferred to Mobile, Alabama, in April 1944, where she worked as a recruiter for the WAC until the end of the war.

CONTENTS AVAILABLE ONLINE:

Item
	Portrait of Kay Cox, 1944 Item # WV0366.6.001 From the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters
	Pill Pusher, 1944 Item # WV0366.2.001 From the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters
	Letter from Catherine Cox to Bob, 10 March 1944 Item # WV0366.4.001 From the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters
	Letter from Catherine Cox to Bob, 14 September 1944 Item # WV0366.4.002 From the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters

ADDITIONAL CONTENTS:
Approximately fifty letters written by Cox to Robert W. Curwen (1921-2008), a friend in the U.S. Army Air Force, during World War II. The letters contain information on Cox's duties in the WAC and her thoughts on the Army.
For a complete list of contents for this collection, visit:
library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/wvead/wv0366.xml