Stapleton, Mello 1919-2006,

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Stapleton (1919-2006) served with the Army Air Corps during World War II.

While at Pearl Harbor, he was a member of the 50th Reconnaissance Squadron and joined the 431st Bomb Squadron in the Pacific. During the Korean War, he served a year in the Air Inspector's Office in Kunsan (South Korea). He retired from the Air Force after 25 years and settled in Madison, Wisconsin.

From the description of Oral history interview with Mel Stapleton [sound recording], 2000. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 60780539

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associatedWith Enola Gay (Bomber) corporateBody
associatedWith McIntosh, James F., person
associatedWith Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Air Force corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Air Force. Bombardment Group, 11th. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Squadron, 431st. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Ells, Mark D. (Mark David), 1962- person
associatedWith Veterans of Foreign Wars. Truax/Longmire Post 8483 (Madison, Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Waskowitz, Fritz. person
associatedWith Wisconsin Veterans Museum. corporateBody
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Wisconsin
Truax Army Air Field (Madison, Wis.)
Hickam Air Force Base (Hawaii)
Wisconsin--Madison
Pacific Area
Wisconsin--North Lake
Korea (South)--Kunsan
Wisconsin--North Lake
Wisconsin--Madison
Solomon Islands
Chanute Air Force Base (Ill.)
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Airmen
Airmen
B-17 bomber
B-18 bomber
Civil defense
Cold War
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Fallout shelters
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953
Midway, Battle of, 1942
Nuclear bomb shelters
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
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Soldiers
Stapleton, Mello
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Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1919

Death 2006

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