 In 1936 or 1937, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan, where he found work at the Drop Forge Company.He later joined the household staff of dentist J. Shelton Rushing as what his son called the major domo.Marlon Green joined the United States Air Force, where his last posting was flying the SA-16 Albatross with the 36th Air Rescue Squadron at Johnson Air Base in Tokyo, Japan.