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Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, but lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri -
Walt then moved to Kansas City. His uncle worked on the railroads there so Walt would work there during the summer -
During high school, Walt moved to Chicago; He went to McKinley High School. He attended a lot of art classes and even took a night class At the Art Institute of Chicago -
Walt dropped out of high school to join the army when he was sixtee but got rejected because he was too young -
Walt decided that he wanted to join the Red Cross so, they sent him to France to drive an ambulance for about a year then came back to the U.S -
Walt then got a got at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, there he met Ub Iwerks. They both worked on commercial animations -
Disney made a deal with the Kc theater to showcase his cartoon -
Walt, his brother and Uk all moved to Hollywood to begin the Disney Brothers’ Cartoon Studio / Walt Disney Studios -
Walts first colored cartoon that won an Oscar -
This animation's intro song became the theme song for the U.S during the Great Depression -
Walt Disney died on December 15 1966