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GENERAL WALTER C. SHORT`S DRESS SWORD BELT

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(1880 - 1949) American general responsible for the air and ground defense of Pearl Harbor. After the Japanese attack, Short and Adm. Husband E. Kimmel were relieved of command and blamed for the debacle. However, an inquiry surmised that officials in both Washington and Hawaii were derelict. A rare Short relic, his black woven sword belt with leather hanger and brass fittings, size 38. The belt is accompanied by a copy of a typed D.S. by Short's son, Walter D. Short, March 12, 1988, reading in full: "This is to certify that I gave to Edward Whaling the following items that belonged to my father, LTG Walter C. Short: funeral flag, dog tag and two sterling silver general's stars". Whaling, a noted uniform collector from whom a group of Short relics originated, befriended Short's son and at their meeting also received this sword belt. Short maintained until his death that he deserved a fair court martial, and that his conscious was entirely clear. A fine relic, fine condition.

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