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It was here that he met and married his wife Anne. At around the same time, Hayes enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor.
“People talk about how devoted Woody is to football, he was just as dedicated to the Navy,” Anne Hayes said. “Why, we had been married only five days when he asked for sea duty. He didn’t get it at once, but he did request it.
“Stevie (their son) was nearly 9 months old before Woody saw him for the first time.”
Much has been made about Hayes’ admiration of Gen. Patton, yet he saw action in the Pacific as part of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces. Woody eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
His service record included commanding the USS Ukiah (PPC-1251), a control submarine chaser, in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart (DE-196) in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations.
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https://www.richlandsource.com/2023/05/29/woody-hayes-trained-for-football-leadership-via-strong-ohio-roots-a-navy-command-in-world-war-ii/
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