Interviewer
Nick Sundt
Files
Description
Steve Nemore describes how he first became interested in smokejumping as a child, when he read about it in a Boys’ Life article. He recalls attending forestry school at Virginia Tech, then in 1966, getting his first hot shot job in Priest Lake, Idaho, before attending rookie training in Redmond, Oregon from 1969 to 1970. Nemore tells how his jumping career was interrupted when he was drafted and sent to Vietnam from 1971-1972. He talks about accepting a smokejumping job in Winthrop, Washington, in 1973 where he worked in the Willamette National Forest. Nemore recalls that after a year in Winthrop, he went to Colorado to finish his forestry degree, then accepted a job offer in Alaska as a smokejumper in 1975, where he later became a rookie trainer and loft manager.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumping; Virginia Tech; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Priest Lake, Idaho; Redmond, Oregon; Winthrop, Washington; Redding, Alaska; Willamette National Forest; Fire fighters, United States; Hot shots; Fire crews; Vietnam War, 1955-1975
Original Date
7-13-1983
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Nick Sundt Smokejumpers Oral History Project, OH 172, 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 172-036
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (15 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:31:19 minutes
Local Filename
OH_172_036.mp3; OH_172_036.pdf
Citation
Nemore, Steve, "Steve Nemore Interview, July 13, 1983" (1983). Nick Sundt Smokejumpers Oral History Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nicksundtsmokejumpers_oralhistory/4