BIOABSTRACT
Catherine "Kay" Cox (b. 1922) of Salem, Massachusetts, was a recruiter in the WAC (Women's Army Corps) during World War II.
COLLECTION SUMMARY
The collection contains approximately fifty letters written by Cox to Robert W. Curwen (1921-2008), a friend in the U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II. The letters contain information on Cox's duties in the WAC and her thoughts on the U.S. Army. Included also are photographs and a copy of the 14 March 1944 Pill Pusher, the newspaper of the Stark General Army Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.
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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.
