Veteran's History Project - Rex V. Fuller

Rex V. Fuller

Major, U.S. Air Force

1943-1964

EDITOR'S NOTE: Veteran's History Project author Larry Nelson is taking a few weeks off. During that time, we'll re-run previously published features about local veterans. The following story about Rex Fuller, who passed away in November 2013 at the age of 90, first appeared in the Sun-Telegraph on April 14, 2012.

Rex Fuller was in California in late 1941 when Pearl Harbor was struck. Immediately, he wanted to go to war, like the rest of his generation. He returned to his hometown area in Iowa. He soon went to Des Moines, Iowa, and enlisted in the U...