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Oral history interview with Bennie G. Snider, 2002 June 10

Resource Type:
Manuscript (Paper)
Publication:
2002
Serial Holdings:
Shelved in Oral History Transcripts Collection, University Archives.
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 1441

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Summary:
Interview with Bennie G. Snider, a Navy veteran (USS Hancock), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth and education in Denton, Texas; decision to join the Navy, February 3, 1944; boot training and electrical engineering school, San Diego, California, 1944; assignment to the aircraft carrier USS Hancock, July, 1944; a description of his duties aboard the Hancock; assignment to Task Group 58 and the invasion of the Philippines, October, 1944; invasion of Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945; invasion of Okinawa, April-May, 1945; kamikaze attacks and the Hancock being hit by a kamikaze, April 7, 1945; his description of burials at sea; postwar duties aboard the Hancock as part of Operation MAGIC CARPET.
Author/Creator:
Snider, Bennie G., 1926-
Contributors:
Lane, Peter B., 1939-
World War II Pacific Theater (Naval Engagements) Oral History Project
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Oral history interview with Bennie G. Snider, 2002 June 10 [by Snider, B.G.]
Related Works:
University of North Texas oral history collection
Related Series:
Oral History; [volume] 1441
Subjects:
Snider, Bennie G., 1926- — Oral history
United States Navy — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history
Hancock (Aircraft carrier : 1944-1976) — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Philippines — Oral history
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Japan — Okinawa Island — Oral history
Kamikaze airplanes — Oral history
Genres:
Oral history — Examples
World War II oral history — Examples
Pacific Theater oral history — Examples
General Notes:
Interview conducted in 2002 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Naval Engagements) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Peter B. Lane, Professor of History, University of North Texas.
Physical Description:
80 leaves ; 29 cm
Call Numbers:
OH 1441
OCLC Numbers:
422511136