Interviewer
Rosa Stone
Files
Description
Kenneth Diller describes his time with the smokejumpers from 1943-1945. He talks about being in the very first group of smokejumpers and training at Seeley Lake, Montana. He recalls building the base camp at Cave Junction, Oregon, and working on timber cruising projects during the winters there. Diller describes a few of his 28 jumps, including his work on the Bunker Hill fire and the Chelan fire, and he briefly discusses his history as a farmer in Ohio, including the fact that his parents died when he was 13, and that he and his older brother worked the family farm to allow his siblings to go to college. He expresses no regrets about his time with the smokejumpers and says he would do it over again if he could.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Civilian Public Service; Conscientious objectors, United States; Smokejumpers, Oregon; Smokejumpers, Washington; World War, 1939-1945; Mennonite Church; 4-E classification; Smokejumper training; farming; Ninemile, Montana
Original Date
8-11-1986
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana; Oregon
Language
eng
Original Collection
Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers Oral History Project, OH 163, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 163-022
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (10 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:26:00 minutes
Local Filename
OH_163_022.mp3; OH_163_022.pdf
Citation
Diller, Kenneth A., "Kenneth A. Diller Interview, August 11, 1986" (1986). Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers Oral History Project. 22.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/civilianpublicservicesmokejumpers_oralhistory/22