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[Letter from Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz to her mother, 1945]

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Title	[Letter from Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz to her mother, 1945]
Date	1945-02-08
Item creator's name	Wertz, Irma Jackson Cayton
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAAC Army--WAC
Item description	Wertz discusses Company 1907 and what she has learned while a WAC. She mentions women leaving the WACs and describes a funeral of a twenty-one year old woman. She closes by asking for a birthday present.
Veteran's name	Wertz, Irma Jackson Cayton
Veteran's biography	Marie Cody served in the U.S. Navy WAVES during World War II . Marie Cody was stationed in Washington, D.C., and California as a member of the U.S. Navy WAVES. At that time, she was engaged to pilot Larry Downey, who went missing in action. Cody later began a relationship with Larry's brother Donald through correspondence.
Place	Fort Huachuca
Type	text
Original format	correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0523 Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Papers, 1942-1945
Collection summary	Correspondence from Donald M. Downey to Cody, 1945-1946; Downey's other correspondence, 1937-1946, 1956-1959, n.d.; Miscellaneous newsletter and newspaper clippings, ca. 1940.
Box	1
Folder	2: Correspondence
Finding aid link	https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=655
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0523.4.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	914300676

[Letter from Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz to her mother, 1945]

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[Letter from Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz to her mother, 1945]