Oral history interview with Mel Stapleton [sound recording], 2000.

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Oral history interview with Mel Stapleton [sound recording], 2000.

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Mello "Mel" Stapleton, a North Lake, Wisconsin native, discusses his career in the Air Force and his World War II service as a member of the Army Air Corps.

Sound recording : 2 sound cassettes (ca. 75 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Videorecording : 1 videocassette (ca. 75 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 75 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 40 p.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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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], 200...

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McIntosh, James F., 1923-

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