Donald Gene Fuller
A January 20, 1944 Lowell Tribune article (page 2, columns 1-2) about Arthur Fuller mentions that his brother, Pvt. Donald Fuller, is stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
This February 24, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 2:
- Pvt. Donald Fuller, stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky., spent last week-end here with his mother, Mrs. Hazel Fuller, and family.
This March 2, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 2:
- Pvt. Donald Fuller, a member of an air corps ground crew, has written that his outfit is now "somewhere in England" and that he is getting along fine.
This April 6, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
- Pvt. Donald Fuller, stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky., enjoyed Sunday dinner with his wife, son, mother and family.
The following August 3, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 3, column 1:
Now In England
Pvt. Donald Fuller writes his mother, Mrs. Hazel Fuller, that he has landed safely in England with his outfit.An October 19, 1944, Lowell Tribune article (page 4, column 2) mentioned that Pvt. Donald Fuller was stationed in France. Another bit of information in column 3 on the same page says he is serving with an armored division.
The following December 28, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2 column 1:
Most Appropriate Article
Mrs. Hazel Fuller, in a letter from her son, Pvt. Donald Fuller, with the U.S. forces in France, received the following article taken from the newspaper Stars and Stripes:
I think you have been slightly overlooking the fightingest soldier of them all. Too much can never be said about the deeds of this soldier and I am sure that every fighting man will agree with me.
Uncertainty and dreaded expectation is the worst type of torture and who fits into that category more than mother?
When GI Joe is away from the hot lead if even for a short time, he is temporarily at ease, knowing that for that short time he is safe. Not so with his mother. She is on the constant alert. She is still up front, never knowing when those death-dealing implements are headed Joes' way. She is praying for his every breath, his very being. She gave this boy life, and her very soul is praying that it won't be taken away by the cruelities of a madman's dream of devastation. She is the only soldier in the world who is always at the front, facing the perilous dangers.
To her belongs every medal ever given, every honor and every prayer for a world peace.
This Lowell Tribune article was found in the July 26, 1945, issue (page 2, column 1):
- Pfc. Donald Fuller, who is now in Munich, Germany, expects to be sent back to the States sometime in Sept.
- His brother, Pfc. Arthur Fuller, now at the port of LaHavre, France, Camp Lucky Strike, is helping load ships for the states. He will return in August or September.
This Lowell Tribune article was found in the January 24, 1946, issue (page 2, column 2):
- Pfc. Donald Fuller has received his discharge from the service and is now at home. He came from Germany where he had been stationed for some time.
The following article from an unidentified newspaper was found in Town Historian Richard Schmal's obituary collection:
- Donald G. Fuller, age 77, of Lowell, passed away Wed., July 9, 1997. He
is survived by: one son, Gene (Joani) Fuller of Lowell; one grandson,
Dave Frye of Charleston, S.C.; and one sister, Mary Ruth Pringer of
Riverside, Calif. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary June
Fuller. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. July 11 at Sheets Funeral
Home in Lowell, with Pastor Charles Hochmuth officiating. Burial
followed at West Creek Cemetery in Lowell. Visitation was held from 2
to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. July 10 at the funeral home. Donald Fuller
was a member of American Legion Post No. 101 and VFW Post No. 6841, both
in Lowell and was a former member of the Lowell Lions Club and the
Lowell Jaycees. Memorial contributions may be made to the National
Parkinson's Foundation.
Go to Donald Gene Fuller, "Pioneer History Index," for further information.
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