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After American forces under General Edward P. King, surrendered on April 9, 1942, Snyder, along with some 12,000 American and 68,000 Filipino defenders of the Bataan peninsula, was forced to march sixty-eight miles over fourteen days to the prison camp. On this journey, a large number of the soldiers, denied food and water by the Japanese, perished.<ref name=chron/> In surrendering, King disobeyed orders, but Snyder and other captives contended that the general had no alternative. Snyder said that the surrender was respected by the men who were afflicted from a lack of food, quinine, medicine, and ammunition.<ref name=baytown/>
After American forces under General Edward P. King, surrendered on April 9, 1942, Snyder, along with some 12,000 American and 68,000 Filipino defenders of the Bataan peninsula, was forced to march sixty-eight miles over fourteen days to the prison camp. On this journey, a large number of the soldiers, denied food and water by the Japanese, perished.<ref name=chron/> In surrendering, King disobeyed orders, but Snyder and other captives contended that the general had no alternative. Snyder said that the surrender was respected by the men who were afflicted from a lack of food, quinine, medicine, and ammunition.<ref name=baytown/>
Snyder said that General King's surrender was "one of the bravest things for him to do. He risked his whole military career when he did that because he did it against orders. He’s a tremendous man in my eyes. He saved about 12,000 Americans' lives," said Snyder in a [[Memorial Day]] 2007 interview with his hometown newspaper, ''The Baytown Sun.''<ref name=baytown/>
Snyder said that General King's surrender was "one of the bravest things for him to do. He risked his whole military career when he did that because he did it against orders. He’s a tremendous man in my eyes. He saved about 12,000 Americans' lives," said Snyder in a [[Memorial Day]] 2007 interview with his hometown newspaper, ''The Baytown Sun.''<ref name=baytown/>
==Bataan Death March==
==Bataan Death March==
In his own words, Snyder recalled the Death March:
In his own words, Snyder recalled the Death March: