Eisenhower’s short snorter

Short = less than a full measure
Snort = mixed drink

King George VI of England, the last Viceroy to India Lord Mountbatten, and President Franklin Roosevelt’s son Elliott Roosevelt are a just a few of the 90-plus men and women who signed General Eisenhower’s short snorters, a collection of nineteen bank notes, representing over 10 countries. Short snorters date to the 1920s, when pilots in the Alaskan bush started the tradition of signing and exchanging currency and then sharing a drink with those they traveled with or met along the way. The tradition was adopted by the military.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives and Records Administration