Wellington Powers (W.P.) Arnold, CW04, USAF (Ret.).Wellington Wellington, city (1996 pop. 157,647; urban agglomeration 334,051), capital of New Zealand, extreme S North Island, on Port Nicholson, an inlet of Cook Strait. P. Arnold passed away on October October: see month. 13 in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , at age 86. W.P. had a long military career; in 1942 he was appointed Warrant Officer, JG, in the Army at age 21, purported pur·port·edadj. Assumed to be such; supposed: the purported author of the story. pur·port  ed·ly adv. to be the youngest
ever appointed up to that time. When the Army Air Corps became a
separate military service in 1947--known as the USAF--W.P. opted to
join, where he served in all specialties including air, water, vehicle
operations and maintenance, and traffic management. He was active in the
San Antonio Chapter. For a detailed obituary, please see the December
2007 NDTAGram.
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