Donald Thomas Joseph Poole
Era: Cold War
Military Branch: Air Force
Mr. Poole served during the Cold War.
He served in the U.S. Air Force. Among other assignments, he was stationed in Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, and to Mather and McClellan Air Force Bases in California for 30 years.
He retired with the rank of Major.
He was born on April 10, 1932, in the Bronx, New York, the son of Richard F. and Mary Agnes (Rogers) Poole. He grew up in Queens and graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School in Brooklyn, New York.
Mr. Poole died on March 8, 2008, in Tucson, Arizona.
Source: Duluth News Tribune, June 22, 2008