Charles Stanton began his career in public service when he was drafted into the United States Army during World War I. He learned to fly while in the Signal Corps, and tested early radio equipment during the war. With his discharge from the Signal Corps in 1918, he went to work for the United States Post Office Department of Aerial Mail. This subseries contains military orders, official correspondence, training material and photographs.
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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers, Acc. NASM.1987.0076, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.