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| Lynn and Ruth, 1944 |
Lynnfield Moody's wife was Ruth. He married her in 1938, so when World War II started he was already married and not a young man. She made the scrap books, and saved all the pictures and everything I have received came through her. She saved it all, especially during the war. He enlisted in Sacramento, California August 18, 1942 when he was 37 years old. He had been working at a service station.
Lynn had registered for the draft, October 16, 1940, a year before the United States got into the war, but didn't get called before he enlisted. The way it looked in 1942 he would be better off enlisting instead of waiting until he was drafted. He had no children, so he wouldn't be deferred. When he began to see the headlines and the devastation of war, he decided to enlist.
By enlisting rather than waiting, Lynn was able to enlist in the Warrant Officers branch as a Private. Eventually he became a Sargent First Class.
Ruth, as many family record keepers do, failed to keep the dates of the articles she archived, so I misunderstood her notes at first, thinking that by September first, 1942 Lynn was a Sargent at Monterey, California. He wasn't. It took longer, but I wanted you to see this picture early in these articles. Lynn is on the right here. He is the Sargent.
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| Sargent Lynnfield Moody, on the right inspecting his cooks' work. |
