George Grimm Short Snorter Note 2
The Short Snorter Project
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Banknote: USA 1 dollar Silver Certificate HAWAII Overprint (Series 1935A - Serial # L78366844C)
Submitted by: George Grimm - Date Posted: 8.12.07
Short snorter signed by US Marine Corps WWII fighter ace and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss.
Joe Foss would later become Governor of South Dakota and a General in the South Dakota Air National Guard.
He was also the first commissioner of the American Football League and a president of the National Rifle Association.
Joe Foss was inducted into the Personal Courage Wing of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
*****Webmasters note*****
I just finished reading A Proud American: The Autobiography of Joe Foss / Joe Foss with Donna Wild Foss (1992)
Pocket Books, and found the following on pg 97-98 describing what "Foss's Flying Circus" would do for entertainment
when not flying or getting bombed at Guadalcanal...
"A group of us had begun spending our evenings together playing cards. As our membership grew, we became known
as the Short Snorters - a short snort being a small drink, which we occasionally managed. We did enjoy a beer or
Scotch now and then, since it was military policy to provide some alcohol to fliers to combat the terrible stress they
endured. Whereas many of us had the ability to relax completely in stressful conditions - an ability that has served
many good fliers well - some of the pilots were so affected by the pressure of combat that they found it almost
impossible to sleep, even when things were quiet. But the drinks were relatively infrequent. Stories of hard-drinking
pilots were popular and circulated after the war, but there was scant room on the occasional cargo plane for whiskey,
and I knew of no heavy drinkers on Guadalcanal."
Submitted by: George Grimm - Date Posted: 8.12.07
Short snorter signed by US Marine Corps WWII fighter ace and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss.
Joe Foss would later become Governor of South Dakota and a General in the South Dakota Air National Guard.
He was also the first commissioner of the American Football League and a president of the National Rifle Association.
Joe Foss was inducted into the Personal Courage Wing of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
*****Webmasters note*****
I just finished reading A Proud American: The Autobiography of Joe Foss / Joe Foss with Donna Wild Foss (1992)
Pocket Books, and found the following on pg 97-98 describing what "Foss's Flying Circus" would do for entertainment
when not flying or getting bombed at Guadalcanal...
"A group of us had begun spending our evenings together playing cards. As our membership grew, we became known
as the Short Snorters - a short snort being a small drink, which we occasionally managed. We did enjoy a beer or
Scotch now and then, since it was military policy to provide some alcohol to fliers to combat the terrible stress they
endured. Whereas many of us had the ability to relax completely in stressful conditions - an ability that has served
many good fliers well - some of the pilots were so affected by the pressure of combat that they found it almost
impossible to sleep, even when things were quiet. But the drinks were relatively infrequent. Stories of hard-drinking
pilots were popular and circulated after the war, but there was scant room on the occasional cargo plane for whiskey,
and I knew of no heavy drinkers on Guadalcanal."