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Interview with William Harvey and Dorothy Smith from the Friends of the Library Oral History Project.
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William Bolen describes being one of the first smokejumpers in Montana in 1940. He talks about being chosen from the Kootenai National Forest where he was working as a smoke chaser and coming to…
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Steven Reynaud talks about his career as a smokejumper at the North Cascades Smokejumper Base in Winthrop Washington and the base in La Grande Oregon from 1965 to 1984. He discusses the smokejumper…
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Bill Moody talks about being involved in the smokejumper program from 1957 until the date of the interview in 1984. He describes his roles at two different smokejumping bases both as a smokejumper…
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Ronald Lund talks about training and jumping in Alaska. He also discusses changes to equipment in administration and in attitudes from when he started in 1964 to 1984. Lund recalls the driving force…
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Francis Lufkin discusses his 40-year career with the U.S. Forest Service which includes being one of the first smokejumpers as well as an equipment developer trainer and base manager of the North…
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Jim Lindell discusses the three summers he worked as a smokejumper out of McCall Idaho from 1964 to 1966. He recalls experiences from training jumping and socializing as a smokejumper particularly in…
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Jim Lindell discusses the three summers he worked as a smokejumper out of McCall Idaho from 1964 to 1966. He recalls experiences from training jumping and socializing as a smokejumper particularly in…
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Wendy Kamm discusses being one of the first three women smokejumpers at the Missoula Montana base in 1982. She describes the training and the injuries she sustained and compares fighting fires in…
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Aubrey Garber describes his serving as a smokejumper during World War Two because of his conscientious objector status. He talks about the training and the Japanese fire bomb threat. Garber also…
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George Honey talks about the beginning of the smokejumper program and the experimentation on equipment and methods. He specifically discusses his friendship with Francis Lufkin a pioneer smokejumper…
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David Flaccus describes his experiences as a smokejumper during World War Two from 1943 through 1945 through the Civilian Public Service program (CPS). He discusses training at Seeley Lake Montana…
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Albert Cramer discusses his 30-year career which began in 1943 as a smokejumper and program administrator in Missoula Montana and Alaska. He talks about the training and equipment as well as the…
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