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Raised on a farm near Marceline, Missouri, Walt became interested in drawing at an early age, selling his first sketches to neighbors when he was only seven years old. At McKinley High School in Chicago, Disney divided his attention between drawing and photography, contributing both to the school paper. At night he attended the Academy of Fine Arts.
During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military
service. Rejected because he was only 16 years of age, Walt joined the
Red Cross and was sent overseas, where he spent a year driving an
ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was
covered from stem to stern -- not with stock camouflage, but with
drawings and cartoons.
After the war, Walt returned to Kansas City, where he began his career as an advertising
cartoonist. Here, in 1920, he created and marketed his first original animated cartoons
and later perfected a new method for combining live action and animation.
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