William Arthur Snow was born in Fort Hamilton, New York, to Major General and Mrs. William J. Snow. He graduated from West Point in 1916 and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers as a second lieutenant.
His first service was in Mexico from graduation to the spring of 1917. In late September, 1917, he sailed to France with the 2nd Division. There, he immediately started training his company in construction work and preparing for the ineviatble battle that was coming in World War I.
Snow was at the front in the Verdun Sector, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Woods and Soissons and was wounded twice and later served with the Army of Occupation in Germany.
By now he was a major and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Silver Cross, Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre with Two Palms and the Silber Star Citation for his service during the war.
--Cooter
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