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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Harold Snider, March 28, 1987

Creator

  • Interviewee: Snider, Harold
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Corwin, Frank
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Matras, Kathy
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1987-03-28

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Snider. Snider joined the Army Air Corps around 1939. He completed flight training, and was assigned to a B-17 with the 7th Bomb Group. They deployed to Honolulu on 6 December 1941, and landed at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack on 7 December. He describes the events of this day, landing amidst explosions and smoke. Once they landed, they jumped into a ditch while being strafed by the Japanese. In January of 1942, they were ordered to continue on to Australia and the Philippines, and he describes flying through the South Pacific. In Del Monte, Mindanao, Snider and his crew picked up General MacArthur, his family and staff and flew them to Alice Springs, Australia. They later flew missions out of Del Monte, bombing a Japanese Navy task force. They flew reconnaissance missions over Guadalcanal, Rabaul, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign in late 1942. They continued missions through mid-1945, and returned to the US after the war ended.
  • Physical Description: 31 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 7th
  • Keyword: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
  • Keyword: Combat
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- South Pacific
  • Keyword: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Bougainville Island
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands

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  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Harold Snider, March 28, 1987 - ark:/67531/metapth1610735

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH04658
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1607089
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