Smokejumpers
This page is a memorial to all the smokejumpers past and present. If you have info to add to the pages please email me, Sharon McConnel, Valley County Volunteer Coordinator.
(Click on Photo to enlarge)
My father, Lonnie "Curlee" Rea lived in McCall for quite a few years in the 40's & 50's, where I was born. Curlee went to work for the US Forest Service as a Smoke Jumper at McCall from 1946-1949 following his service in the 11th Air borne Paratrooper Infantry in WWII. The above photo is of Dad after he parachuted into a beautiful Valley County meadow, possibly above the base in the late 40's. -- Connie Rea | Rea Family Web site (see Curlee's Obit and photo)
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National Smokejumpers Association
Idaho State
Historicial Society -
Smokejumping and Forest Fire Fighting Oral History Project
Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation
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