total destruction of organized resistance. Colonel Snedeker and his regiment were relieved by Colonel Wallace's 8th Marines from 2nd Marine Division on June 18 and ordered to Motobu Peninsula for rest and refit. For his leadership of the 7th Marines during Okinawa campaign, Snedeker was decorated with the Navy Cross, the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat. He also received Air Medal for his participation in the aerial recon flight over the Okinawa. Postwar career and Korea Snedeker returned to the Division of Plans and Policies at Headquarters Marine Corps in November 1945 and served as Chief of Operations section until May 1946. He was subsequently transferred to the Marine Corps Base Quantico and served briefly as Chief of Instruction section, before he was appointed commander of the Basic School in August 1946. In this capacity, he was responsible for Marine officers' training and taught them the basics of being an "Officer of Marines". He went overseas again in June 1949, when he was appointed assistant chief of staff for plans and area Marine officer within the staff of Commander Naval Forces Marianas under Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall. With the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, Snedeker was transferred back to the States one month later and attached to the staff of reactivated 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in San Diego. He was appointed Brigade's Chief of staff under Brigadier General Edward A. Craig and sailed for Korea at the beginning of August 1950. The 1st Brigade landed at Pusan and following the brief fighting, it was ordered to Masan, where took part in the defensive actions, before it was ordered to the Naktong Bulge. Snedeker's unit was used as "fire brigade" within Eighth United States Army, and Snedeker personally visited front line areas several times to obtain firsthand information. He then planned and coordinated brigade's attack, which decimated Korean People's Army units in the area. After the fighting of Pusan Perimeter, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was absorbed by 1st Marine Division and Snedeker was appointed deputy chief of staff. He also received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his service with 1st Marine Brigade at Pusan, Masan and Naktong and second Air Medal for his inspection tours by helicopter. When North Korean Army launched a great offensive at the beginning of September 1950, supreme United Nations Command planned amphibious landing on