Remembering Mann Gulch

It was August 5, 1949 when a U.S. Forest Service Smoke Jumping Team was overrun on the Mann Gulch fire in the Helena National Forest in Montana. The fire had been started the day before by a lightning storm that had passed through the area.

Today, we want to remember those brave firefighters who lost their lives.

Robert J. Bennett..... Eldon E. Diettert..... James O. Harrison.....

William J. Hellman..... Philip R. McVey..... David R. Navon.....

Leonard L. Piper..... Stanley J. Reba..... Marvin L. Sherman.....

Joseph B. Sylvia..... Henry J. Thol, Jr...... Newton R. Thompson.....

Silas R. Thompson