The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter Campbell Short

Short, Walter Campbell

Lieutenant-General

* 30th of March 1880

† 3rd of September 1949

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1923-10-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-10-01 Colonel
1936-12-01 Brigadier-General
1940-03-01 Major-General
1941-02-08 Lieutenant-General (Temporary)
1941-12-16 Termination of rank Lieutenant-General (Temporary)

Service

1934-07-11 1936-07-01 Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Regiment
1936-XX-XX 1937-XX-XX Assistant Commandant of the Infantry School
1937-03-04 1938-06-15 Commanding General 98th Infantry Division
1937-03-04 1938-06-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade
1937-12-02 1937-12-09 Commanding General 1st Infantry Division
1938-01-15 1940-09-24 Commanding General 1st Infantry Division
1938-06-15 1939-10-11 Commanding General 78th Infantry Division
1938-06-15 1939-10-11 Commanding Officer 1st infantry Brigade
1939-10-20 1940-07-31 Commanding General IV Corps
1940-11-01 1940-12-26 Commanding General I Corps
1941-02-08 1941-12-16 Commanding General Hawaiian Department
1942-02-28 Retired
1945-10-03 Recalled
1945-12-03 1946-02-28 Testifying af the Pearl Harbor Hearings
1946-02-28 Retired
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