Interviewer
Kim Taylor
Files
Description
William C. Brennan talks about his time as a smokejumper in 1951 to 1952 and 1954. He discusses training at the Nine Mile Ranger Station in Montana, which involved learning skills like woodsmanship as well as physical fitness exercises. Brennan describes fighting fires, including the last one he worked on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. He contrasts fighting fires in Montana to those in New Mexico, including the impact the dry climate of the latter state had on that work. Brennan discusses working on the 20th Century Fox film Red Skies of Montana. He also describes his fellow smokejumpers in terms of clothing, behavior, and attitude.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumpers Montana Biography; Smokejumping Montana History; Social aspects; Red Skies of Montana; Missoula, Montana; Nine Mile Ranger Station; Forest Fires New Mexico; Middle Fork of Salmon River
Original Date
6-26-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Collection, OH 133, 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 Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use of this item. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 133-010
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (58 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (17 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:03:35 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_010.mp3; OH_133_010.pdf
Citation
OH 133-010Brennan, William C., "William C. Brennan Interview, June 26, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-010.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/35