William H. Wellington
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

William H. Wellington

United States. Army · May 24, 1960

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Army Pvt. William H. Wellington, son of Henry W. Wellington, 6 Oxford pl., Woburn, Mass., recently was graduated from the 101st Airborne Division Jump School at Fort Campbell, Ky. Wellington received his paratrooper wings after completing three weeks of intensive ground and aerial training which included five parachute jumps. The 17-year-old soldier entered the Army in October 1959 and completed basic training at Fort Dix, N. J. He is a 1959 graduate of Thompson Academy.

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