Editing Jean Moulin (section)

==Military service during World War I==
Moulin was mobilised on 17 April 1918 as part of the age class of 1919, the last class to be mobilised in France. He was assigned to the 2nd Engineer Regiment of Montpellier. At the beginning of September, after an accelerated training, he headed with his regiment to the front in the Vosges, where he was posted in the village of Socourt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Christine Levisse-Touzé and Dominique Veillon|title=Jean Moulin: Artiste, Préfet, Résistant|publisher=Tallandier/ Ministère de La Défense-DMPA|year=2013|isbn=979-10-210-0092-6|location=Paris}}</ref><sup>:43</sup>

His regiment was preparing to go to the front lines as part of the attack planned by Foch for 13 November, but the Armistice was signed on 11 November.<ref name=":0" /><sup>:43</sup>

Although Moulin did not fight directly on the front lines, he was nevertheless in a position to observe the horrors of war. He saw its aftermath on the battle fields and the devastation of villages. He helped to bury the war dead in the region around Metz.<ref name=":0" /><sup>:47</sup> He wrote home expressing his shock at seeing the starved state of British prisoners of war who had just been freed. Nevertheless, nothing in the documented history of Jean Moulin's experience during World War I hinted at what his role would be during World War II.<ref name=":5" /><sup>:34–35</sup>

While still enlisted after the War, he was posted successively to Seine-et-Oise, Verdun and Chalon-sur-Saône. He worked as a carpenter, a digger and later a telephonist for the 7th and 9th Engineer Regiments.

He was de-mobilised in November and, on 4 November 1919, resumed his post as attaché at the préfecture of Hérault, in Montpellier.<ref name=":0" /><sup>:52</sup>