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Catherine G. Katopes (1912-1979) of Waterbury, Connecticut, served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to late 1945. Catherine G. Katopes was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and lived in Newark, New Jersey. When her mother died when Katopes for 19 years old, she and her brothers moved in with her married sister in Syracuse, New York. Katopes joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in September 1942 and was sent to basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. In early 1943 she was transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where she worked in the Public Relations Office with the WAAC 158th Company. In January 1944 she was transferred to Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis. Following her discharge in late 1945 with the rank of First Sergeant, Katopes returned to Syracuse, New York, where she worked for the Jesuit Order.