| Marshall L. Windmiller Short Snorter |
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| Marshall L. Windmiller Short Snorter Note #1: U.S. 1 Dollar HAWAII Silver Cert. - Series 1935A - Serial # C01981467C |
Marshall L. Windmiller served in the 835th Signal Service Battalion
during World War 2 as a radio operator. While in New Caledonia
he was accepted into the Army Air Corps cadet program, and
returned to the United States aboard an Air Transport Command
aircraft along with other prospective cadets. The first he ever
heard of a short snorter was when a crew member walked
through the plane and invited the passengers to join the club by
paying him a dollar. Windmiller and the others thought it was a
con, and made up their own. Shortly after arriving at Keesler Field,
Mississippi, the Air Corps closed the program. Those from the
Signal Corps were sent back to Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Marshall Windmiller ended up in India for the last year and a half
of the war, and never heard about short snorters again.
during World War 2 as a radio operator. While in New Caledonia
he was accepted into the Army Air Corps cadet program, and
returned to the United States aboard an Air Transport Command
aircraft along with other prospective cadets. The first he ever
heard of a short snorter was when a crew member walked
through the plane and invited the passengers to join the club by
paying him a dollar. Windmiller and the others thought it was a
con, and made up their own. Shortly after arriving at Keesler Field,
Mississippi, the Air Corps closed the program. Those from the
Signal Corps were sent back to Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Marshall Windmiller ended up in India for the last year and a half
of the war, and never heard about short snorters again.
| Marshall L. Windmiller Short Snorter Note #3: China 1 Yuan Nat'l Currency (Shantung) Sept. 1918 - Serial # A847366 |
| Marshall L. Windmiller Short Snorter Note #4: Mexico - State of Chihuahua - Series A - 12 Dec. 1903 - Serial # 161057 |
| Marshall L. Windmiller Short Snorter Note #6 - Japan Military Currency 10 Sen - Series 100 - Serial # A034734439A |
| Technician Fourth Grade Marshall Windmiller performs his radio operator duties in the China-Burma-India Theatre of Operations. |
| Picture of the signals team taken at Camp Crowder, Missouri, in 1944 before shipping out to India. Standing left to right: Edward Dalton, Marshall Windmiller (age 20), Joseph Echols, Virgil Danielson, Irvin Miner, Guiseppe Macaluso. Kneeling: William Rodemann (Lt.) All members of the team, except for Echols, signed Marshall Windmiller's short snorter. (Photo courtesy of Marshall Windmiller) |
Signal Corps at Camp Crowder (see more photos below).
| The Canning Road Barracks in New Delhi, India, where the enlisted men of the 835th Signal Service Battalion were quartered. The softball field is shown in the foreground. (Photo courtesy of Marshall Windmiller) |
| Lady Wavell, wife of the Viceroy, chatting with GIs and a hostess of the Red Cross club, who had helped to arrange a tour of the Viceroy's Palace in New Delhi. (Photo courtesy of Marshall Windmiller) |
| Marshall Windmiller standing outside of the American Red Cross Enlisted Men's Club "Duration Den" in New Delhi. (Photo courtesy of Marshall Windmiller) |
| Click here to download the article Life in Delhi by Marshall Windmiller, originally published in Ex-CBI Roundup, July 2000. (Requires Adobe Acrobat to download.) |
| Four views of the inside of Signal Center New Delhi located at Connaught Circus in the center of town. (Photos coutesy of Marshall Windmiller) |