World Enough For All

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Loss, Legacy and LoveLincoln "Link" Harvey Jr. never met his father. He was born shortly after his father lost his life in Washington DC, while leading fellow WWI veterans in pursuit of their promised bonus money for service during the war. The Stock Market crash and Great Depression had taken their toll, putting men out of work, and Lincoln Harvey Sr. was moved to act. His wife Mary raised their son in Oakland with the help of her parents, Kathy and Tom Devereux.Link Jr. went to Oakland High School and later followed his father's footsteps into military service. One of his classmates, Willy Fukushima, did the same, despite his family being swept up in the Japanese internment after Pearl Harbor.Mary Harvey had been working as a secretary for the Navy in Oakland when the war started, then moved to Washington DC to join the White House secretarial pool. There, one of her co-workers, Abigail Burnbury, started inquiring about Link. Abi and Link fell madly in love when he came to town on leave.