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Glen Thomas Vanderford (7005)
Father: Carl Orsen Vanderford
(6002) Mother: Hattie May Mock

b. January 23, 1922 in Colusa, California
[Marlyn]
m. February 12, 1944 in Sacramento, California,
Marlyn May Fitzgerald, b. May 10, 1923 in Sacramento, California
[Marlyn]
Carter Alan
Vanderford(8008), b. December 31, 1948
Information:
1942: Glen received his BA degree in
Agronomy from the University of California at Davis.
[Marlyn]
April 17, 1943: Glen enlisted as an
aviation cadet in the Air Corps in Santa Ana, California. He was listed as
single, without dependants, with 3 years of college and employed as a sound
mixer for the motion picture industry. [wwii]
October 1942 to 1945: Glen enlisted in the
U. S. Army Air Corps and graduated from the Douglas Army Air Force Pilot
School. He remained at Douglas Army Air Base in Arizona as a flight instructor.
In 1945, with the war winding down, Glen became a P-38 pilot specializing in
photo reconnaissance. [Marlyn]
After WW II to the present: Glen joined his
father-in-law in the hardware business. He became the president of Newbert
Hardware in Sacramento, California upon his father-in-law's death in 1973.
[Marlyn]
1965 to present: Glen took up trapshooting
and holds several state championships. Glen has a 27 yard maximum handicap.
[Marlyn]
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