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

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422511136

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.

80 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7446674

University of North Texas Library, UNT

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c6r4q (corporateBody)

World War II Pacific Theater (Naval Engagements) Oral History Project.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh3dx9 (corporateBody)

Snider, Bennie G., 1926-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w667758d (person)

Lane, Peter B., 1939-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6474mxj (person)

United States. Navy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m0zj8 (corporateBody)

Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Hancock (Aircraft carrier : 1944-1976)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd4cpp (corporateBody)