Frank Weaver Moody Oral History

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	BIOGRAPHY:
	Title	Frank Weaver Moody Oral History
	Creator	Frank Weaver Moody
	Alt. creator	Nancy Potts Coward
	Subject Keyword	Frank Weaver Moody ; WWII ; war ; military service ;
	Subject LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Oral history World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe Veterans -- United States -- Interviews World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
	Description
	Publisher	D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
	Contributor
	Date	Date digital: 2008-03-26
	Type	Text ; Image ; Video
	Format	13 page transcript ; 2 photographs ; 1 DVD
	Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/wwii/moody_frank.htm
	Source	OH WWII M66 F7 Moody_Frank
	Language	English
	Relation	Is part of: WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline, Testimonies of WWII Veterans and Civilians from Western North Carolina . Is related to: War stories : remembering World War II / Elizabeth Mullener ; with a foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose
	Coverage
	Rights	No restrictions ; Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
	Acquisition
	Processed by	Center for Diversity Education ; Staff, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
	Interview date	April 29, 2003
	Interview location	Sylva, NC
	SUMMARY
	Summary of Interview with Frank Weaver Moody Interview date 04/29/2003 Interviewer: Nancy P. Coward Interview Location: unknown, possibly Jackson County Childhood Enlistment prior to World War II, discharge, and eventual draft into World War Horse battalion duties The government's value for a buck private Unusual circumstances after being drafted Departure from United States Showing the movie for President Roosevelt General Eisenhower and John Wayne Memories of German V Bomb General Eisenhower's reason for landing on Normandy beach instead of flying General Eisenhower's orders about showing movies The rumor about General Eisenhower and his secretary The Battle of the Bulge as viewed from Paris How his operation grew (theater) Reopening difficulties in two rebuilt theaters in Frankfurt, Germany, and the resourceful solution Celebration of VE Day Finally coming home, trying to make it in time for Christmas How he helped start the 210 Military Police Company National Guard in Jackson County, NC and served 20 years Why it pays to keep all your records, especially in the military "Serving dinner to a dead man" Invitation to Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral How World War II shaped his life
	PHOTOGRAPHS
	moody01	Frank Weaver Moody in uniform at his home in Sylva, NC. E.J. Pullium, photographer, 2003-04-29.
	moody02	Frank Weaver Moody sitting at his short-wave radio station in his home in Sylva, NC. E.J. Pullium, photographer, 2003-04-29.




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