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Thursday, March 8, 2001 TN FlR NTLNE bA
Snapp
From Page 1Aferry, and that's what they
were going to do," Snapp said.
Search light missions were
her least favorite. They had to
fly well above 10,000 feet,
wearing oxygen masks and
heavy sheepskin suits to keep
warm. "I didn't particularly
care for that. It was boring,
plus the bright lights disorient-
ed me."
She admits that most of her
missions were dangerous to
some extent, but that never
stopped her from completing
them.
All of her flying was done
over Liberty Field, now Wright
Army Airfield. She made her
most recent visit back here this
week. She spent three days
revisiting the place she still
calls home.
She had the opportunity to
visit one of her special spots -
a wishing well across from
what used to be an officers'
club. Although it is no longer,
the memories she had from
almost 60 years ago were still
fresh in her mind. "I just want-
ed to sit here because I remem-
ber how much this place use to
mean to me back then. This is
the place I would go to gathermy thoughts after a long day."
Much of what Snapp knew
of Camp Stewart and Liberty
Field was no longer here, but
that didn't change how she
feels about this place. "Fort
Stewart will always be special
to me."
She left Liberty Field at the
end of 1944. In less than two
years, Snapp had accumulated
more than 1,000 hours flying
time. She was sad when she
had to leave. "I regret it wasn't
longer because I was willing to
stay longer. But, if they decid-
ed we weren't needed any-
more, that was fine, too."
She said that it was good for
her because her husband, 1st
Lt. Ira Benton Snapp, who was
with the 3rd Division in Africa
and Italy, was heading home at
the same time.
She wanted to join the
Women's Army Corps, but she
couldn't be certain she would
be able to fly, so she decided
against it. Plus, she was ready
to start her family.
Snapp said she she'd never
forget her military adventure.
If she could, she said, sh7
would do it over again - e e
now, 56 years later.
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