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==POW years==
==POW years==
Snyder was so eager to join the [[United States Army]] that he claimed to have been a year older than his actual age. In June 1940, he wanted to "get in on the ground floor” of a second world conflict which seemed imminent to many. "I was seventeen. I went by myself and enlisted," Snyder said. His parents were reluctant to give their consent and regretted having done so when Snyder was declared [[missing in action]] at Bataan.<ref name=baytown>{{cite web|url=http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e5d6249f2275ced2|title=Wilburn Snyder|publisher=''The Baytown Sun''|accessdate=May 30, 2007}}</ref>
Snyder was so eager to join the [[United States Army]] that he claimed to have been a year older than his actual age. In June 1940, he wanted to "get in on the ground floor” of a second world conflict which seemed imminent to many. "I was seventeen. I went by myself and enlisted," Snyder said. His parents were reluctant to give their consent and regretted having done so when Snyder was declared [[missing in action]] at Bataan.<ref name=baytown>{{cite web|url=http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e5d6249f2275ced2|title=Wilburn Snyder|publisher=''The Baytown Sun''|accessdate=May 30, 2007; no longer on-line}}</ref>
After serving fifteen months at Fort Crockett in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], Snyder was deployed to the Philippines as a combat medic]in the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Infantry. From that outfit of twenty-nine men, he was one of five who returned to the United States.<ref name=baytown/>
After serving fifteen months at Fort Crockett in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], Snyder was deployed to the Philippines as a combat medic]in the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Infantry. From that outfit of twenty-nine men, he was one of five who returned to the United States.<ref name=baytown/>