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Interviewer
Kathy Root
Files
Description
Herb Oertli talks about his career as a smokejumper, which began in 1948 and ended in 1960. He describes his training in Missoula, Montana, project work during his first “wet” year, and his jumps out of Silver City, New Mexico, in 1950. Oertli discusses retrieving bodies of fellow smokejumpers after the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire, and recalls the aftermath of that tragedy, including impacts on smokejumper morale and changes in Forest Service policies. He also describes working on the movie Red Skies of Montana, and speaks about smokejumping from the viewpoint of a professional jumper, spotter, and manager.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumpers Montana Biography; Smokejumping Montana History; Forest fires Montana; Red Skies of Montana
Original Date
6-27-1984
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 133-079
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (21 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:33:38 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_079.mp3; OH_133_079.pdf
Citation
OH 133-079Oertli, Herb, "Herb Oertli Interview, June 27, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-079.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/79
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