Dwight F. Davis conflict World War I
Army service
Davis trained at the Preparedness Movement Citizens' Military Training Camp in 1915. From 1916 to 1917 he toured Europe as part of the Rockefeller War Relief Board. With war declared Davis enlisted as a private in the  Missouri National Guard and was commissioned in August 1917.Going to France, Davis was promoted to Major and became adjutant of the 69th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Infantry Division.  During this period he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.  After the war he was a Colonel in the Army Reserves.
In 1942 Davis was the first and only Director General of the short lived Army Specialist Corps. On the disbandment of the unit became an advisor with the rank of Major General.
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