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[Letter from Lee to Catherine Katopes and Georgie, 24 June 1945]

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Title	[Letter from Lee to Catherine Katopes and Georgie, 24 June 1945]
Date	1945-06-24
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC Army--WAAC
Item description	Katopes' friend Lee describes her transfer to The Phillipines from Australia, including baggage weight limitations, stops in New Guinea, and Biak, Palaw, and Leyte, and enjoying the flights. Lee describes the rubble in Manila, lacking permanent quarters. and living in tents. She enclosed a piece of Japanese invasion money, and mentions the inflated prices.
Veteran's name	Katopes, Catherine
Veteran's biography	Catherine G. Katopes (1912-1979) of Syracuse, New York served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women's Army Corps from 1942 to late 1945 . Catherine G. Katopes joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was sent to basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, in September 1942. In early 1943 she was transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where she worked in the Public Relations Office. In January 1944 she was transferred to Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis. Following her discharge in late 1945, Katopes returned to Syracuse, New York, where she worked for the Jesuit Order.
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	WV0122 Catherine G. Katopes Papers
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	WV0122.4.014
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	900816766

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