I was pawing through Dad's personal effects with his widow on Sunday, and came across this WWII Short Snorter. It was folded in quarters, and held with a paper clip between two "Free New Buick" drawing tickets dated October 29, 1954; crummy cardboard that probably resulted in the pronounced stain on the left side of the face. I will attempt to list all the signatures, dates, etc., when I get a Round Tuit. More pics on demand, including of the Buick giveaway tickets. Your comments, gentlemen?
This is pretty awesome! Especially with all of the signatures and dates - what a piece of history! :smile Do you recognize any of the names? Friends of your father's perhaps?
More likely friends of his brother Leonard, who served in the Pacific during the war as an armorer in the Air Corps. The names are barely legible, and unfamiliar to me. The dates seem to cover over a year. I'll do a bit of sleuthing, but don't expect to find anything spectacular.
Awesome piece of history, I like these as I have an interest in WWII and coins/bills gsalexan, term is from Alaskan bush pilots, snorter = mixed drink , short = less than full, so a quick drink before you jump in your plane. Which doesn't seem a great idea to me..
Wikipedia has an entry for Short Snorter, and their take is that a snort was a shot or a drink of alcoholic beverage...it's a good read, and has a few famous examples.
I have another short snorter around here somewhere, which is a 'chain' of several bills end-taped or glued together. I'll certainly post it here, if I ever come across it. Also I have a stack of foreign banknotes from the same uncle, and I'll sort through them for anything old or of unusual nature and post those pretty soon.
When you think of it, young men drawn up in war, never knowing when when their last moment might appear, signing notes for posterity. These men never knew if they were coming back from the last mission. A bit of mortality for some who may have fallen.........
Interesting! But I'm not clear on how this relates to the signed note. Did each signature represent someone the note owner had a drink with?
