Robert Bob Morgan Interview, July 9, 1984

Robert Morgan discusses his time working as a smokejumper in Montana from 1946 to 1948. He describes the training he received, as well as his experiences fighting fires and working with fellow military veterans. As the supervisor of the Bitterroot National Forest, he offers his thoughts about the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire and changes in Forest Service policies since the late 1940s, including the “let burn” policy.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/1077/thumbnail.jp