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==Remembering Bataan==
==Remembering Bataan==
In the spring of 1982, [[NBC]] aired a documentary, "Bataan: the Forgotten Hell", to observe the 40th anniversary of the march and recall the brutalities inflicted on the captives. Japan had refused to sign the 1929 Geneva Convention Relating to the Treatment of POWs. Nearly half of the men died of dehydration and heat exhaustion.<ref>{{cite web|url=[http://ussslcca25.com/bataan.htm|title=Migration of doom...Bataan Death March|publisher=usss;cca25.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In the spring of 1982, [[NBC]] aired a documentary, "Bataan: the Forgotten Hel," to observe the 40th anniversary of the march and recall the brutalities inflicted on the captives. Japan had refused to sign the 1929 Geneva Convention Relating to the Treatment of POWs. Nearly half of the men died of dehydration and heat exhaustion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ussslcca25.com/bataan.htm|title=Migration of doom...Bataan Death March|publisher=ussslcca25.com|accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
With the end of the war, Sndyer and 105 other prisoners were liberated on August 15, 1945. Years after his captivity, Snyder attended a military reunion in the Philippines. Donald Knox, in his book ''Death March: The Survivors of Bataan'' (New York: Harcourt Brace Inc., 1981), recalls Snyder having asked his Filipino guide why a particular group of children was holding the “V” for victory sign to the visiting American veterans. “What do those little kids know about that sign?”, Snyder asked. The guide replied, “They may not know how to read and write, but they know about Bataan.”<ref>Michael Botson of Houston, Wilburn Snyder obituary guest book, ''The Houston Chronicle.''</ref>
With the end of the war, Sndyer and 105 other prisoners were liberated on August 15, 1945. Years after his captivity, Snyder attended a military reunion in the Philippines. Donald Knox, in his book ''Death March: The Survivors of Bataan'' (New York: Harcourt Brace Inc., 1981), recalls Snyder having asked his Filipino guide why a particular group of children was holding the “V” for victory sign to the visiting American veterans. “What do those little kids know about that sign?”, Snyder asked. The guide replied, “They may not know how to read and write, but they know about Bataan.”<ref>Michael Botson of Houston, Wilburn Snyder obituary guest book, ''The Houston Chronicle.''</ref>