Virtual Museum                                                            Averell Harriman Short Snorter
The Short Snorter Project
Banknote: England 10 shillings - Courtesy of the Library of Congress - Manuscripts Division - Date Posted: 10.3.07
This short snorter belonged to W. Averell Harriman and contains signatures collected at the January 1943 Casablanca
Conference where the decision was made to demand unconditional surrender from Germany, Italy and Japan.
FRONT

Brehon Somervell, General, U.S. Army


W. H. Wilbur, General, U.S. Army, General Patton's staff


George S. Patton, General, U.S. Army


Sir Harold MacMillan, British Resident Minister


Hastings Ismay, General, British Chief of Staff
BACK

George C. Marshal, General, U.S. Army Chief of Staff


Charles Portal, British Marshal


H.H. "Hap" Arnold, General,  U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff


Ernest J. King, Admiral, U.S. Navy Chief of Staff


Sir Dudley Pound, British Admiral of the Fleet


Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States and
Commander-In-Chief


Winston S. Churchill, British Prime Minister


Elliott Roosevelt, Colonel, President Roosevelt's son


Sir Alan Brooke, British Field Marshal


Louis Mountbatten, British Admiral, Head of Combined
Operations


Harold Alexander, British Field Marshal
This photograph was taken on January 30, 1943, FDR's 61st birthday, and shows the President  bestowing the
Congressional Medal of Honor, the country's highest military honor, on Brigadier General William H. Wilbur for his
major role in the landings in French Morocco. Major General George S. Patton assists in the awarding of the Medal,
and General George C. Marshal, Chief of Staff, looks on. There are white places on Generals Wilbur and Patton's
left arms, where their service patches have been scratched from the photo, due to wartime secrecy requirements.

Brigadier General Wilbur was one of the few general officers to hold the Congressional Medal of Honor, winning it
for his actions as a Colonel in the North African landings near Casablanca in November 1942 and at Salerno,
where he joined the 36th Army Division, leading a small unit forward to smash an enemy detachment during a
critical period in the bridgehead's defense.

(Photo courtesy of Gary Schulze)