Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."

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

Animated cartoon from the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon s...

Snafu has an object lesson on the value of complete and accurate regular reports when he discovers a...

Technical Fairy First Class shows Snafu the consequences of frittering away his pay.

Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't stud...

An armada of malaria-laden mosquitoes seeks human targets and finds Private Snafu, who fails to prot...

Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of hi...

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

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

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

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 the...
Private Snafu learns about inflation

As the Devil watches Pvt. Snafu and his unit stationed in Iran, he talks about the hazards of workin...

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to de...