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Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Summary:
At the time photograph was taken, David P. Godwin (1892-1947) was Assistant Chief of Fire Control, U.S. Forest Service; he had investigated the 1937 Blackwater fire; he approved the first experiments in having firefighters parachute into blazes ("smoke jumpers").
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