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Short cartoon made for US military soldiers during World War Two.

Disney short. Part of the "A Few Quick Facts" series.

Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World...

Director unknown, MGM studios from Issue 24 April 1944.

Private Snafu learns about fear

Using Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.

Pvt. Snafu suffers the consequences of not keeping his equipment and weapons properly maintained.

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.

Pvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the traps are alluring and that he is every bit the...