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<p class=MsoNormal><a name=axs239></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hutchison joined the Army in 1966 and served
two one-year tours in Vietnam, according to a news release from Fort Riley,
Kansas, home of Hutchison's 1st Infantry Division, the famous "Big Red
One."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Over the next 22 years, he was a platoon leader in Germany and
commander of a basic training company at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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psychology from the University of Delaware and became an assistant professor of
military science at Claremont College in California. He was awarded the Bronze
Star Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hutchison retired from the military in 1988 and took up the quiet
life of a college professor. He taught at several small colleges in California
and became a researcher for a health care company in Scottsdale, Arizona, said
his brother, Richard Hutchison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>But Hutchison felt compelled to re-enlist after the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His wife, Kandy, vetoed that idea, however.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>That decision proved fateful as Hutchison was able to stand by his
wife's side through her battle with breast cancer. She died of the disease in
January 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The always-athletic Hutchison channeled his grief by whipping
himself into shape and returning to active duty at age 57 the following year,
his brother said. Military rules say retirees may be recalled up to age 64 for
general officers, 62 for warrant officers and 60 for all others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hutchison served a tour in Afghanistan and then was sent to Iraq,
where he was part of a team training Iraqi forces to secure their own country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"He's been a soldier his whole life," Richard Hutchison,
of Mesa, Arizona, told CNN affiliate KNXV-TV.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"He was a great guy," he told CNN. "We hung around
together, we went to the movies together, went out to dinner together. He loved
to shoot pool; we used to shoot pool all the time, either at my house or at his
house. He was just a great friend and a great brother."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The soldier-psychology professor, who is also survived by two
daughters and two half-siblings, had a mischievous side, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><a name=axs174></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"He liked to tease me about him being younger than me, even
though he was five years older than me," Richard Hutchison said with a
soft chuckle. "He would tell everyone he was the youngest one. And they
would believe him. Made me feel real good."<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Richard Hutchison plans to fly to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware
over the weekend to claim his brother's body and return it to Scottsdale for
burial.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The last communication the brothers had was a routine e-mail
Steven Hutchison sent from Iraq about two weeks ago. He rarely wrote about his
experiences in Iraq, Richard Hutchison said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>However, there was one matter on the ground that the soldier
involved his brother in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"When he was in Iraq, they found a dog and were taking care
of it. He sent me an e-mail asking me to send some dog food and dog
supplies," Hutchison said. The Army made Hutchison's team give up the dog,
but they left it in good hands, his brother said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"He had a big heart."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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