Tiggerific Tuesday takes a slightly different angle on Disney Trivia this week, with a look at Walt Disney’s World War I service in the American Red Cross.
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In honor of Veteran’s Day, this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia takes a look at Walt Disney’s World War I service with the American Red Cross:
During World War I, Walt Disney’s older brothers all served in the military. Walt desperately wanted to serve his country too, but was too young. That didn’t stop him, though! He tricked his mother into signing a forged birth certificate stating he was a year older and traveled to Europe at the age of sixteen to join the American Red Cross at the end of World War I. He celebrated his seventeenth birthday shortly after arriving in St. Cyr, France. By running errands, shuttling workers back and forth, gathering commissary provisions, and chauffeuring VIPs, Walt got to know Paris so well he became an in-demand tour guide for visiting dignitaries.
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