Soon after graduation, Goddard enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps as a private for World War II service.

He was commissioned by the Air Corps in 1942 and served as an operations and communications officer in England, India, North Africa, and the South Pacific.

The couple chose to settle in Arizona upon a doctor's recommendation that the dry climate would help relieve Judy's rheumatoid arthritis.

He developed the land into a subdivision that included extra large lots, homes that were set back from the street and restrictions that kept the area residential.

Goddard's campaign symbol, the Arizona roadrunner, became familiar throughout the state, and it helped bolster his reputation as a man of energy who got things done.

Governor Goddard signed a bill banning discrimination on grounds of race, gender, religion and ethnicity.