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3 unusual facts about Private Snafu


In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment

In the Aleutians—Isles of Enchantment is a short cartoon in the Private Snafu series, directed by Chuck Jones.

Male Call

Along with George Baker’s Sad Sack, Bill Mauldin's Willie & Joe and Dr. Seuss' Private Snafu, Lace was among the most celebrated of World War II’s military-related cartoon characters.

P. D. Eastman

He was assigned to the Signal Corps Film Unit, which was headed by Theodor Geisel, later to become known as Dr. Seuss; here, Eastman conducted picture planning for animated sequences in orientation and training films, and he also wrote scripts and drew storyboards for the Private Snafu series for Army-Navy Screen Magazine.



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Military slang

The 1944 U.S. Army animated shorts Three Brothers and Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu In The Navy (both directed by Friz Freleng), feature the characters Private Snafu, Private Fubar, and Seaman Tarfu.