Interviewer
Clover Koopman
Files
Description
Paul Snyder recalls his World War Two service in the U.S. Navy, beginning in 1940, in the Pacific theater. He discusses the romantic music Tokyo Rose played, and how it made some soldiers, including him, homesick. Snyder recalls Tokyo Rose’s propaganda as usually ineffective, due to its exaggerated nature or inaccuracy, but remembers feeling unsettled when she called out the name and location of his submarine or accurately relayed submarines or ships the Japanese sunk.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; USS Guardfish; USS Sunfish; USS Wahoo; Truk Lagoon; Lord Haw-Haw; Axis Sally; Submarine Veterans of the United States of America; Jane Fonda; Jeannette Rankin; World War, 1939-1945; U.S. military; Wartime propaganda; Tokyo Rose; Iva Toguri
Original Date
10-26-1987
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Veterans Remember "Tokyo Rose" Oral History Project, OH 238, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 238-009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (12 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:21:54 minutes
Local Filename
OH_238_009.mp3; OH_238_009.pdf
Citation
Snyder, Paul, "Paul Snyder Interview, October 26, 1987" (1987). Veterans Remember "Tokyo Rose" Oral History Project. 7.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tokyorose_interviews/7