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| March 26, 1929 |
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Born in Stanton, Michigan on March 26, 1929. |
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| Glenn's Siblings |
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Wayne "Bud", Lois, Fredrick Lyle, Dean "Tink" |
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| 1946 - November 1947 |
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ARMY-joined in 1946, Ft. Bragg, NC for basic training. His intent and passion was to go airborne but instead he had orders for Beppu, Japan. He remained in the infantry 14 months returning to Michigan 11/47.
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| Most Formative Decade in Glenn's Life 1948 - 1958 |
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The following events took place in the most formative decade of Glenn's life starting from 1948 - 1958. You can appreciate the intensity of his personal career changes, relocations, marriages, and births of his children. |
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| 1/8/48 - 4/48 |
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¨ Navy- 1/8/48 - 4/48 Chicago, Great Lakes Naval Training station |
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| 4/'48 - 11/'51 Key West, Florida |
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¨ 4/48 - 11/51 Key West, Florida
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| December 12, 1950 Marriage to Virginia Fyffe |
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Virginia Augustine Fyffe of Paintsville (Flat Gap), Kentucky born January 15, 1932 and passed away on March 12, 2007.
http://virginia-fyffe.memory-of.com
Glenn and Virginia were married in Key West, Florida. |
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| October 24, 1951 |
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Birth of son, RICHARD GLENN FULLER.  |
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| 11/'51 - 11/'52 |
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11/'51 - 11/'52 to New London, Connecticut to submarine school then to Charleston, S.C.
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| 11/52 - 1/54 |
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¨ 11/52 returned to Key West
¨ 1/54 New Hampshire
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| June 3, 1953 Birth of Debra Lynn |
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Glenn 24 yrs, Richard 20 mos, Debra 6 wks. |
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| 1/54 -3/54 |
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¨ 1/54 - 3/54 New Hampshire
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| 3/'54 - 12/31/'56 |
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¨ 3/54 Stationed in Key West, Cuba, Acapulco, Canada, Washington, San Diego |
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| ¨ 12/31/56 out of Navy |
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¨ 12/31/56 out of Navy |
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| ¨ 1/1/57 - 3/'57 |
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U.S. Army- Ft. Ord, basic training |
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| 3/57 -5/'57 |
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3/57 Ft. Bragg, NC Jump school airborne training, 82nd Airborne Division
82nd Airborne Division History:
On 19 January 1946, the 82nd returned to Fort Bragg and began training for the uncertain Cold War years. The 82nd became a strategic deployment force as it trained for a variety of conditions and tested new airplanes with greater capacity and range. In 1948, the 82nd was allotted to the Regular Army, ensuring its active status.
In 1957, the 82nd underwent reorganization for the Pentomic structure. The Division consisted of five Airborne Battle Groups that were capable of independent operations on a nuclear battlefield. Fortunately, that concept did not have to be tested in a real war. In 1964, the 82nd was again reorganized under the ROAD concept, which called for three brigades of infantry, each with three battalions, and a brigade of artillery with three battalions, plus the usual division support elements.
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| 5/'57 - 5/'58 |
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¨ 5/57 West Point to instruct cadets in infantry tactics
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| July 1958 Marriage to Barbara Ann Shaw |
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Married "Bobbie", Barbara Ann Shaw of Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. She was born September 20, 1932 in McAdoo, Texas. This marriage lasted until her death on May 4, 2004. Glenn and Bobbie were together 47 years. |
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| 5/'58 - 5/'60 |
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Ft. Bragg, instructor for jump school
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| October 15, 1962 - October 28, 1962 CUBAN CRISIS |
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Served in 82nd Airborne combat standby during the Cold War Cuban Crisis.
The climax period of the crisis began on October 15, 1962, when United States reconnaissance photographs taken by an American U-2 spy plane revealed missile bases being built in Cuba, and ended two weeks later on October 28, 1962, when President of the United States John F. Kennedy and United Nations Secretary-General U Thant reached an agreement with the Soviets to dismantle the missiles in Cuba in exchange for a no invasion agreement and a secret removal of the Jupiter and Thor missiles in Turkey.
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| 5/'60 - 3/'65 |
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¨ Re-enlisted to engineers, Alaska, Puerto Rico |
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| 3/'65 - 8/'65 |
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Santa Domingo
"In 1965 the 82nd Airborne Division out of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina was able to test the ROAD concept in combat. On 29 April the 3rd Brigade (1st and 2nd 505th and 1st 508th) was alerted for deployment to the Dominican Republic in Operation POWER PACK. The Brigade arrived on 30 April and secured the Duarte Bridge over the Ozama. A link up was conducted with Marines in Santo Domingo and a corridor was established to isolate the rebel forces. An attack was launched by rebel forces on 15 June, but was stopped by the 82nd after two days of heavy fighting. Most of the Division returned home by late summer 1965. The 1st Brigade remained to maintain order. By 21 September 1966, the last elements redeployed to Fort Bragg."
82nd Airborne Division History
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| 8/65 - 10/66 |
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¨ Viet Nam ... returned to U.S.
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| 6/1/67 |
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Retired to civilian life and relocated to Clovis, NM |
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| 10/66 - 6/1/'67 |
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¨ returned to U.S. Ft. Belvoir, VA
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| Fall '68 - Fall ‘73 |
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Relocated to Garden Grove, CA, Malaga Lane residence, followed by Kathy Lane
Returned to Clovis and resided on Brady Road
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| 1/74 |
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¨ Returned to CA, employed by Dow Corning |
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| 1975 |
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Returned to Clovis, NM became a certified welder |
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| 1977 |
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Relocated to Albuquerque, NM; worked as a welder for Coronado Salvage Yard. |
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| 9/28/78 |
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Birth of first grandchild, HEATHER ERIN FULLER to son Richard and daughter-in-law, Linda in Orange, California. |
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| Passing of Little Brother Dean "Tink" July 29 1980 |
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Tink passed in the Dallas VA Hospital on July 29, '80, buried Bosqueville, TX |
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| 3/4/81 |
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Birth of grandson, ERIC MICHAEL to son Richard Fuller and wife Linda. |
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| 8/86 - 8/29/07 |
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Relocated to Ft. Sumner, NM and remained until 8/29/07 at the time of his first stroke when he was taken to Amarillo, Texas VA Hospital and Texan Rehabilitation Center. |
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| 9/25/07 |
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Daughter, Debra Obtained Legal Guardianship and Completed discharge process in Amarillo and Brought Dad home on Southwest Airlines to live with her in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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| 2008 |
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Passed away in Henderson, Nevada at home with his daughter, Debra on May 02, 2008 at 2:19PM. |
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