Coming!! Snafu
Coming!! Snafu

Coming!! Snafu

Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

Booby Traps

Booby Traps

1944

Censored

Censored

1944

The Chow Hound

The Chow Hound

1944

Gas

Gas

1944

Going Home

Going Home

1944

A Lecture on Camouflage

A Lecture on Camouflage

1944

A Few Quick Facts: Fear

A Few Quick Facts: Fear

1945

A Few Quick Facts: Inflation

1944

Hot Spot

Hot Spot

1945

In the Aleutians

In the Aleutians

1945

No Buddy Atoll

No Buddy Atoll

1945

Operation Snafu

Operation Snafu

1945

Outpost

Outpost

1944

Pay Day

Pay Day

1944

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

1944

Snafuperman

Snafuperman

1944

Target Snafu

Target Snafu

1944

Three Brothers

Three Brothers

1944

Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

1946

The Infantry Blues

The Infantry Blues

1943