[5] Enlisting in the United States Army soon after graduation,[5] Meli saw a lot of action and was discharged three years later.
This was the code name for the Battle of Normandy where Allied operations launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.
Meli married Grace Mercurio, and had two daughters, Carmen and Phyllis, and four sons, Frank, Carl, Vincent, and Paul.
He was a major crime figure who attempted to gain control of Detroit's coin machine industry.
[7] A capo by the 1960s, Meli was a major labor racketeer and, through Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, was an associate of Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa.