![]() ![]() ![]() Smith's assignments during the interwar period equipped him with organizing, administrative, and planning skills crucial to managing modern warfare. After being wounded by shrapnel, Smith returned to the United States. He fought with the French at ChÏteau-Thierry and in the third Battle of the Marne. 20, 1918, sailed with the division to France. He was assigned to the Thirty-ninth Infantry, Fourth Division, at Camp Greene, N.C., and on Apr. In November 1917, Smith completed the officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps. On July 1, 1917, he married Mary Eleanor (Norrie) Cline they had no children. After working as a mechanic, he was ordered back to active duty during World War I. He enrolled briefly at Butler University but had to withdraw because of his father's illness. He first went on active duty during the 1913 flood in Indianapolis and in 1916 served with the Mexican border expedition. While still a student at Manual Training High School, Smith decided to enter military service, and in 1910 he enlisted as a private in the Indiana National Guard. 9, 1961), soldier and diplomat, was born in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of William Long Smith and Ida Frances Bedell, both buyers for the Pettis Dry Goods Company. ![]()
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