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OH 1441

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSNIDER, Bennie G. (b. 1926)
ProfessionsBanker
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1441
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBanker. 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.
Interviewer(s)Peter B. Lane
Physical Description80 pp.
Terms of UseOpen