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Oral History Interview with Steve Reynaud 1984 June 7Steven 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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Oral History Interview with William Bolen 1984 July 21William 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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Oral History Interview with Bill Moody #2 1984 June 6Bill 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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Oral History Interview with William "Bill" Yensen 1984 July 22 (Side B)William Yensen relates anecdotes of smokejumping from 1953 to 1984 at McCall Idaho. He talks about his training and the duties of a rigger and he describes several fire jumps in detail including…
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Oral History Interview with Roy E. Wenger 1984 September 19 (Side A)Dr. Roy Wenger describes his experiences as director of the Mennonite Central Committee’s Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp 103 at Seeley Lake and Nine Mile Montana. He talks about logistical…
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Oral History Interview with Roger Wolfertz 1984 July 22 ((Side A)Roger Wolfertz describes his experiences smokejumping in Cave Junction Oregon in 1948 and 1949. He talks about the social life on the base injuries on both training and fire jumps and fighting fires.
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Oral History Interview with Roger Wolfertz 1984 July 22 (Side B)Roger Wolfertz describes his experiences smokejumping in Cave Junction Oregon in 1948 and 1949. He talks about the social life on the base injuries on both training and fire jumps and fighting fires.
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Oral History Interview with Roy E. Wenger 1984 September 19 (Side B)Dr. Roy Wenger describes his experiences as director of the Mennonite Central Committee’s Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp 103 at Seeley Lake and Nine Mile Montana. He talks about logistical…
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Oral History Interview with William "Bill" Yensen 1984 July 22 (Side A)William Yensen relates anecdotes of smokejumping from 1953 to 1984 at McCall Idaho. He talks about his training and the duties of a rigger and he describes several fire jumps in detail including…
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Oral History Interview with Wayne R. Webb 1984 July 22 (Side A)Wayne Webb speaks about his 30 years working as a smokejumper at McCall Idaho from 1946 until 1975. In particular he emphasizes his job in equipment design making parachutes and jump suits. Webb also…
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Oral History Interview with Wayne R. Webb 1984 July 22 (Side B)Wayne Webb speaks about his 30 years working as a smokejumper at McCall Idaho from 1946 until 1975. In particular he emphasizes his job in equipment design making parachutes and jump suits. Webb also…
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Oral History Interview with Fred Rohrback 1984 July 21 (Side A)Fred Rohrback discusses his time as a smokejumper for both the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from 1965 to 1973. He compares jumping for the different organizations…
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Oral History Interview with Deanne Shulman 1984 July 22 ((Side B)Deanne Shulman discusses being the first female smokejumper at the McCall Idaho base from 1981 until 1984. She talks about the difficulties she faced as a woman jumper such as feeling like she needed…
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Oral History Interview with Chuck Sheley 1984 October 1 (Side A)Chuck Sheley compares his eight years (1959-1966) smokejumping from Cave Junction Oregon with his four years (1966-1970) jumping from McGrath and Fairbanks Alaska. He describes how a small base like…
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Oral History Interview with Fred Rohrback 1984 July 21 (Side B)Fred Rohrback discusses his time as a smokejumper for both the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from 1965 to 1973. He compares jumping for the different organizations…
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Oral History Interview with Hal Samsel 1984 June 21 (Side A)Hal Samsel talks about his career as a smokejumper in Missoula Montana from 1949 to 1965 and as the rigging loft foreman from 1966 to 1980. He talks about the aftermath of the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire…
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