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|death_year=1976
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'''Douglas T. Fuller''' (1908–1976) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 24.
'''[[Fuller, Douglas T. (32758166)|Douglas Theodore Fuller]]''' (1908–1976) was a Ritchie Boy (Class 24) trained in photo intelligence who served with the 101st Airborne Division in France and Germany in 1945.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Here's a humorous bit I found on Ritchie Boy Douglas Theodore Fuller. I believe this was written in the late 1940s or or early 1950s. Douglas stated that his war activities consisted mostly of spending nine delightful months at the University of Minnesota learning to speak incredibly good Swedish (that is a compliment for the Minnesota faculty, not me). The reason for it was and remains obscure. Twenty-one other months were spent at various places, but I finally ended up with the 101st Airborne, after Bastogne. I was not in the famous Battle of the Bulge, but the accompanying statistics should indicate that my wife and I have just finished fighting a similar one of our own. Readjustment to civilian life was duck soup. I'm doing practically what I did before the war, and can say with Bob Hope, "I never left home." Only real change is that I got married, and each passing day proves it to have been a most salubrious move. He trained at Camp Ritchie in Photo Intelligence. He was in both France and Germany with the 101st Airborne (May to September 1945).
Douglas Theodore Fuller was born in 1908. Before and after the war he worked in insurance adjustment; a postwar biographical note places him as a branch manager for General Adjustment Bureau in Huntington, West Virginia. He married Kathryn Rinard; their daughter Ruth was born in 1948.
 
During the war Fuller spent about nine months studying Swedish language and customs at the University of Minnesota, then trained in photo intelligence at Camp Ritchie (Class 24). In May–September 1945 he served in France and Germany with the 101st Airborne Division after Bastogne; he wrote that he was not present for the Battle of the Bulge itself.
 
He died in 1976.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Gallery ==
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Fuller_Douglas_T_32758166_biographical_yearbook_entry.jpg|Postwar biographical / yearbook entry for Douglas Theodore Fuller (text only; RB Archive 3310030_000162)
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== Timeline ==
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* 1908 — Born.
* Nine months — Swedish language and customs study, University of Minnesota.
* Camp Ritchie Class 24 — photo intelligence training.
* May–September 1945 — France and Germany with 101st Airborne Division (after Bastogne).
* Postwar — Branch manager, General Adjustment Bureau, Huntington, West Virginia; married Kathryn Rinard (daughter Ruth, 1948).
* 1976 — Died.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* RB Archive folder “Douglas Theodore Fuller” ([[:File:Fuller_Douglas_T_32758166_biographical_yearbook_entry.jpg|biographical / yearbook entry scan]])
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page material previously linked to this profile (2022-12-17)
* Postwar biographical / yearbook sketch for Douglas Theodore Fuller (RB Archive DOCX/JPG 3310030_000162; private copy, not uploaded)
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-17 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-17 (1 post)
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