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===Pre-World War II service=== He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry in the U.S. Army on March 13, 1902,<ref name="usmil">{{cite web | url=http://www.usarpac.army.mil/history/cgbios/cg_short.asp | title=History, Commanding Generals: United States Army, Pacific: Lieutenant General Walter C. Short | publisher=The United States Army | access-date=January 25, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309030344/http://www.usarpac.army.mil/history/cgbios/cg_short.asp | archive-date=March 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and assigned duty at the [[Presidio of San Francisco]]. He served in the Philippines and later Alaska, and took part in the [[Pancho Villa Expedition|expedition into Mexico]] with the [[16th Infantry Regiment (United States)|16th Infantry Regiment]] in 1916.<ref name="obit">[https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D1EF83F5E107A93C6A91782D85F4D8485F9 General Short, 69, Dies] ''[[NY Times]]'', September 4, 1949.</ref> During World War I, he served on the general staff of the 1st Division and as assistant chief of staff for the 3rd Army.<ref name="usmil"/> He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] for his efforts during the war. The citation for the medal reads: {{Quote|The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Infantry) Walter Campbell Short, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. Attached to the Fifth Section, General Staff, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, Colonel Short rendered conspicuous service in inspecting and reporting upon front-line conditions pertaining to the work of his section. During the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations of the 1st Army Corps, he efficiently directed the instruction and training of machine-gun units at every available opportunity during rest periods. Later, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5, 3d Army, he manifested the same assiduous devotion to duty in organizing schools, conducting necessary inspections, and carrying out the intensive training process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/18162|title=Valor awards for Walter Campbell Short|publisher=Military Times}}</ref>}} After the war, Short became a member of the War Department General staff and served with the Far Eastern section of the [[Military Intelligence Division]] until 1924. He then attended the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]] and after graduation served as a staff school instructor.<ref name="obit"/> He commanded [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]] from 1938 to 1940 and [[I Corps (United States)|I Corps]] from January 1940 to January 1941.
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