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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Walter E. Arnold

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Honored By

Thomas Ernst

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Commanding officer of the 29th Training Group at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho. At 28 years of age he was one of the youngest air corps group commanders. Commanded the 485th bomb group in Italy; shot down over Germany on his 18th mission and was a prisoner of war.