As a technical sergeant (T-4), Snook was responsible for a Service Company platoon of 35 men who were divided into three squads. Photos, draft cards and other info on many of his soldiers are included below. All Service Company mugshot-style photos are from the First Special Service Force Association website, draft cards were found using Ancestry.com, and all additional photos are credited individually.
Dennis. E. Allen, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Leonard H. Beitz, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Larry Bradford, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Carmen Michael DiGiacomo, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
A J Evans, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Ernest Hoffman, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs, Hoffman also worked in the Carpenter’s Shop with Snook.
Browse letters about Hoffman here.
Willmar Henry Juntunen, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Marcus Gerhard Lee, PFC.
Nelson and Lee were the two men in Snook’s platoon who also bunked with him in Montana and were in the Sv. Co. Carpenters’ Shop. Lee is mentioned regularly in Snook’s letters.
Browse letters about Lee here.
Eliseo D. Moreno, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Bevel Elton Perry, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Harland George Pond, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Leroy Dean Vanston, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Robert Merlin Whitaker, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Orville Behne, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Benjamin Franklin Bourgeois, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
John Houston Cooper, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Clyde Douglass, PFC
Frequently appears in Snook’s letters home, particularly during their time at Fort Ethan Allen in Burlington, Vermont.
Browse letters about Douglass here.
Thomas Garcia, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Browse letters about Garcia here.
Joseph “Joe” C. Harriman, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
William Henry Holtorf, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Browse letters about Holtorf here.
Vincent Henry Linn, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
John E Morris, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Willis Wilber Nelson, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Browse letters about Nelson here.
Albert Green Stanton, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Sture Axel Wernmark, PFC
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Harland Henry Wingert, Pvt.
Mentioned among those in his platoon in Snook’s memoirs.
Not Pictured:
Unable to narrow it down due to multiple privates in the Service Company with the same surname: Anderson, Johnson, Jones, and Rogers. If you can positively identify one of these men as a member of Snook’s platoon, please contact me with their first name/s.
No Service Company photos found for these names on the FSSFA site: Lynn A. Bish, Leo E. Joliff, Lester W. Merha, Luigi Pagotto, William Patania, and Sansone (?). Please feel free to submit photos of these men if you have them and I will happily add them.
Letters From Snook 