Inchon in order to attack enemy from the rear. The 1st Marine Division was chosen to lead the Inchon landing on September 15. Snedeker then took part in the Second Battle of Seoul at the end of September of that year and subsequently received his second Legion of Merit. Snedeker remained with 1st Division until the end of October and then was attached for temporary duty to Pacific Fleet Evaluation Group. He rejoined 1st Marine Division on December 3, just for the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, in fact a breakout of U.N. forces from encirclement. Snedeker established the control and regulating post at Chinghung-ni, along the 1st Marine Division's withdrawal route from Chosin, and coordinated the movement of division units. He was appointed division chief of staff in February 1951 and took part in the operations against Chinese and North Korean troops in Central Korea. Snedeker was ordered stateside in May 1951. For his service at Chosin and later in the Central Korea, he was decorated with his third Legion of Merit. In July 1951, Snedeker was appointed chief of staff of 3rd Marine Brigade at Camp Pendleton, California. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in December 1951 and transferred to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in May of the following year. Snedeker served as deputy director of the Marine Corps Educational Center until June 1954. He then served as assistant commander, 2nd Marine Division under Major General Lewis B. Puller. General Puller was given new command in February 1955, and Snedeker assumed his responsibilities. He was promoted to the rank of major general in April of that year. He remained with 2nd Division until the beginning of July 1955 and was transferred to Washington, D.C., for duties as assistant chief of staff for operations at Headquarters Marine Corps. Snedeker subsequently assumed command of 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton in February 1958 and spent there next year and half. His final assignment came in November 1959, when he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and relieved Lieutenant General Merrill B. Twining as commandant of the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico. In this capacity, he was responsible for the training and education at The Basic School, Officer Candidates School, Amphibious Warfare School and other facilities there. Retirement Snedeker retired from the active service on July 1, 1963, after 37 years of commissioned service. He settled in Carlsbad,