Walter Campbell Short
30 March 1880 – 9 March 1949
Lieutenant General Walter C. Short
Place of birth	Fillmore, Illinois, USA
Place of death	Dallas, Texas, USA
Allegiance	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Pearl Harbor United States Army garrison
Commands	United States Army

Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880–March 9, 1949) was a Lieutenant General in 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. He was born in 1880 in Fillmore, Illinois. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1901 and moved up through the ranks until assuming the Hawaiian command in February, 1941. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Image File history File links Walter-Short-General. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Fillmore is a village located in Montgomery County, Illinois. ... Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856  - Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City  385. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS), Shigekazu Shimazaki (IJNAS) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Fillmore is a village located in Montgomery County, Illinois. ...

On December 17, 1941 General Short was removed from command of Pearl Harbor as a result of the attack. A commission headed by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts, known as the Roberts Commission was held immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor. General Short, along with Navy commander, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, was accused of being unprepared and charged with “dereliction of duty” and was subsequently relieved of his command and demoted in rank. The Roberts Commission was not a typical court martial proceeding because it allowed no sworn testimony, no due process, no witnesses to be called by either man in their own defence, and no right for either to cross-examine other witnesses. Admiral William Harrison Standley, who served as a member of the Roberts Commission that accused Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General Short of “dereliction of duty”, later disavowed the report maintaining that “these two officers were martyred” and “if they had been brought to trial, both would have been cleared of the charge”(1). Picture of Walter Short from http://www. ... Picture of Walter Short from http://www. ... The Roberts Commission was a presidentially-appointed commission formed in December 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941, to investigate and report the facts relating to the attack. ... USN redirects here. ... Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was an admiral in the United States Navy. ... William Harrison Standley (18 December 1872 - 1963) was a U.S. admiral. ...

The primary criticism made against General Short was ordering the Army's fighter aircraft to be parked very close together, thus making it easy for the Japanese to bomb them. This action was taken by General Short in an effort to reduce the chance of sabotage, at the time considered the greater threat. Another charge was that he and Adm. Kimmel, did not take seriously enough earlier war warnings, and did not imagine that an air attack was possible. For the failure of the overall warning and defense systems he is considered by some to have been something of a scapegoat. He was ordered back to Washington, D.C. by Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall in disgrace and demoted one grade in rank to major general (two stars). German supply train blown up by the Armia Krajowa during World War II Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy, oppressor or employer through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ... Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was an admiral in the United States Navy. ... The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854. ...

General Short then retired from active duty in 1942. He then worked for the Ford Motor Company and died in 1949 in Dallas, Texas. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Ford Motor Company and Ford (vehicles). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856  - Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City  385. ...

On May 25, 1999, the United States Senate passed a resolution exonerating Kimmel and Short. "They were denied vital intelligence that was available in Washington," said Senator William V. Roth Jr. (R-DE), noting that they had been made scapegoats by the Pentagon. Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC) called Kimmel and Short "the two final victims of Pearl Harbor." (2) May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is... William Victor Roth, Jr. ... James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902–June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator representing that state. ...