Author. He is the author of the patriotic poem "My Name is Old Glory" and a World War II and Korean War veteran, who received four Purple Hearts. An orphan at 14, he worked on farms then with the Civilian Conservation Corps. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps on the day after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, and was involved in some of the most brutal fighting of World War II. Assigned to the 1st Marine Division, he landed on Guadalcanal and after the combat, he was one of only two men from his platoon to survive. Later, he was at Peleliu, where Marines suffered more than 6,000 casualties, many in hand-to-hand combat. He was wounded badly when his head was peppered with shrapnel and sent back to the United States for recovery. He served for the remainder of the war as a Marine guard at the White House. Later, he enlisted in the Army and assigned to Korea as a tank commander. During the Korea Conflict, he lost his kneecap in battle and was sent to Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. After seeing the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for the first time, he decided never to leave. He accepted a position with the Colorado State Parks and eventually becoming park manager of Boyd Lake State Recreation Area. He had a true passion for patriotism including protection of the environment and water resources. He shared his life experience in schools speaking about the war history, which most knew nothing. He started a program to transport Fort Collins area veterans to doctors' appointments at VA Hospitals in Denver and Cheyenne. As a young soldier, shortly after the war, Schnauber began to write a poem "My Name is Old Glory," and according to documentation, was actually finished in 1983, yet updated after September 11, 2001 to include those in the 21st century wars. The poem, told from the point of view of the American flag, eventually found its way through military circles and is often used in military retirements, funeral services and other patriotic ceremonies. The poem was published in 2002 in the book "Chicken Soup for the Soul of America." At his services at Fort Logan National Cemetery, his family included his poem.