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Walter Short

1880 - 1949

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Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a lieutenant general (temporary rank) and major general of the United States Army and the U.S. military commander responsible for the defense of U.S. military installations in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Short is the 1,411th most popular military personnel (up from 1,444th in 2019), the 4,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,248th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Short ranks 1,411 out of 2,058. Before him are Saad el-Shazly, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Herman Kahn, August von Werder, and Fritz Julius Kuhn. After him are August Kork, Karl von Einem, Nadezhda Durova, Dmitry Milyutin, Sun Chuanfang, and Estácio de Sá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Walter Short ranks 120. Before him are Azim Azimzade, Tudor Arghezi, Viggo Larsen, George Van Biesbroeck, Xhafer Ypi, and Begum Rokeya. After him are Conrad Albrecht, Lajos Bíró, Carl Schuricht, Lipót Fejér, Dmitry Karbyshev, and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside. Among people deceased in 1949, Walter Short ranks 104. Before him are Nikos Skalkottas, James Forrestal, Henri Rabaud, Kanji Ishiwara, Maria Ouspenskaya, and René Maire. After him are Nikolay Gamaleya, Jankel Adler, Fedor Ozep, Ehmetjan Qasim, Joaquín Torres-García, and Kijirō Nambu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Short ranks 4,908 out of 20,380. Before him are Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Donald Johanson (1943), Mae Marsh (1894), Elaine Stewart (1930), and Max Roach (1924). After him are James L. Elliot (1943), Leontyne Price (1927), Edward Marsh (1874), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), Samantha Smith (1972), and James Ingram (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Walter Short ranks 83. Before him are William Calley (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Holland Smith (1882), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), and Herman Kahn (1922). After him are Melvin Purvis (1903), Marc Mitscher (1887), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Walton Walker (1889), and Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888).

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