The John P. Strider Oral History, dated 2001-2002, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Strider and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 30, 2001. There are also notes, correspondence, and clippings that were created both before and after the interview and are dated 2001-2002. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics of the interview include the types of naval airplanes used for polar flights, Strider’s experiences with Operations Deep Freeze I and II, Jet Assisted Take-Off (JATO) engines, and being a member of the crew that landed the first airplane on the South Pole on October 31, 1956.