Wayne R. Webb interview, 1984 July 22.

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Wayne R. Webb interview, 1984 July 22.

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Webb speaks of his thirty years (1946-1975) as a smokejumper with emphasis on his job in equipment design, the forty year age limit and when it was lifted, rescue operations, and his record number of fire jumps.

1 sound cassette (85 min.) : analog + 1 transcript + 1 tape counter index.

University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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