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|footnotes=(1) Having twice contracted [[malaria]] during the [[interment]] following the [[Bataan Death March]], Snyder survived with the help of an [[United States Army|Army]] buddy who stole [[medicine]] from the [[Japan]]ese captors.
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(1) Having twice contracted [[malaria]] during the [[interment]] following the Bataan Death March, Snyder survived with the help of an [[United States Army|Army]] buddy who stole [[medicine]] from the [[Japan]]ese captors.<br>
(2) Snyder, who was called to the [[Baptist]] ministry well after his Bataan captivity, was later the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]] [[chaplain]] for the [[veterans]] group, [[American Ex-Prisoners of War]].
(2) Snyder, who was called to the [[Baptist]] ministry well after his Bataan captivity, was later the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]] [[chaplain]] for the [[veterans]] group, [[American Ex-Prisoners of War]].<br>
(3) Snyder's experiences are recalled by Donald Knox in the book ''Death March: The Survivors of Bataan''.
(3) Snyder's experiences are recalled by Donald Knox in the book ''Death March: The Survivors of Bataan.''<br>
(4) Years after his oppression, Snyder went to [[Japan]] on four missionary trips.
(4) Years after his oppression, Snyder went to [[Japan]] on four missionary trips.
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'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the [[Bataan Death March]] and [[internment]] in the [[Philippine Islands]] during [[World War II]].
'''Wilburn L. Snyder''' (January 23, 1923 – May 13, 2008) was a [[Baptist]] [[pastor]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March and internment in the [[Philippines|Philippines Islands]] during [[World War II]].
Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in [[Baytown, Texas|Baytown]], and attended Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>
Snyder was born in Plain Dealing in northernmost Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]] to Mary and G. A. Hammer. He graduated in 1940 from Lee High School in [[Baytown, Texas|Baytown]], and attended Lee College, a [[community college]] in Baytown, and then the University of Houston.<ref name=chron>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5784295.html|title=Wilburn Snyder obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=May 15, 2008}}</ref>