Sneddon, Murray M.

Sneddon was born in Canada, but lived in California from the age of 4. After attending UCLA and taking art classes, he decided that joining the Army Air Corps would be much more exciting. After training, he was shipped to the Philippines where he worked as a reconnaissance pilot with the 2nd Observation Squadron flying single-engine Thomas Morris biplanes. Japanese bombs destroyed their airfield, so they were sent to Manila and then to Bataan. There, the American forces were forced to surrender, and he became a POW. He ended his 2 years of being a POW with a narrow escaped from the sinking Shi...