Interviewer
Rosa Stone
Files
Description
Winton Stucky describes his experiences as a smokejumper in 1943. He talks about injuring his back during a training jump toward the end of the fire season and being discharged, and about how the injury impacted his quality of life for the next 29 years. He describes the medical procedure that eventually restored his mobility and stopped the chronic pain he had been in since the injury. Stucky explains that he was likely injured by a defective parachute. He talks briefly about his post-war career in the grocery business, and finishes by saying that despite his injury he would go into the smokejumpers again if given the opportunity and would encourage anyone who was interested to do the same.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Civilian Public Service; Conscientious objectors, United States; Smokejumpers, Oregon; World War, 1939-1945; Mennonite Church; 4-E classification; Smokejumper training; Smokejumper injury; Ninemile, Montana
Original Date
8-11-1986
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
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 163-023
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
00:22:55 minutes
Local Filename
OH_163_023.mp3; OH_163_023.pdf
Citation
Stucky, Winton, "Winton Stucky Interview, August 11, 1986" (1986). Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers Oral History Project. 23.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/civilianpublicservicesmokejumpers_oralhistory/23