El Cariso Hot Shots 1966

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Photo Gallery 1966

Photos from the summer of 1966.

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David, June 3, 1966 at Love Field Dallas Texas

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David at Entrance Sign - June 1966

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El Carsio Hot Shot Camp - June 1966

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Our Barrack

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Work Center

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Crew 1 - Ford Truck

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Westley - First Week of June 1966

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David Westley & Rod Seewald

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Rod Seewald

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Westley - Crew 1 Truck

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Westley after Return from Wellman Fire

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Jim Brown and Unknown Hot Shot

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Jim Brown - Andy Silkwood - Rod Seewald

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Tom Graham

CosgrovePaluzziLeak.jpg

Ed Cosgrove - Jim Paluzzi - Rich Leak

RonOlson.jpg

Ron Olson

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Jim Brown & David Westley...ready to roll!

FireTools.jpg

Fire Tools except for the McLeod

PushUps.jpg

Morning Exercise

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Kenneth Barnhill and Tom Graham

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Jim Brown Joe Beaty David Westley

Roadside_Hazard_Reduction.jpg

Road Side Hazard Reduction

AerialTanker.jpg

Aerial Tanker

DropIndian4.jpg

Retardant drop on Indian Fire

Indian6.jpg

Burn Over on Indian Fire July 1966

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Mark Turnham - Rod Seewald - Mike White - Pete Achberger (L-R)

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David Westley - Rod Seewald - John Verdugo

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Smoke off wing tip from fire 50 miles away

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Tom Graham

Smoke.jpg

Smoke from a large fire

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Crew 1 Foreman John Moore and supply Helicopter

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Mark Turnham

BarnhillLeak.jpg

Kenneth Barnhill and Richard Leak

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David Westley - Jim Brown - Pete Achberger

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Mike White and Mark Turnham - Lake Elsinore CA

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Joe Beaty and David Westley - San Diego, CA

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Bob Terrien - Andy Silkwood - Ed Cosgrove - Tom Galyean

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San Gabriel Mountains as Viewed from El Cariso Regional Park

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The El Cariso Hot Shot Camp - June 1966

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Barrack and Crew Trucks

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Crew 2 - Dodge Truck

EC10.jpg

Westley - June 1966

BobTerrien.jpg

Bob Terrien

Our_Cook.jpg

Our Cook

AndySilkwoodatCamp.jpg

Andy Silkwood at Camp

Fire_Drill_return.jpg

Return from a Fire Drill

AndySilkwood.jpg

Andy Silkwood - Nickname Baby Huey

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Steve Walker and Andy Silkwood

DavidWestleyShovel.jpg

David Westley with Fire Shovel

EdCosgrove.jpg

Ed Cosgrove

RayChee.jpg

Raymond Chee

OlsonBurchett.jpg

Ron Olson and Warren Burchett

Leak_Moore.jpg

Richard Leak and John Moore

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The Devil Winds - The Santa Annas

FireHose.jpg

Hose Lay

LunchBreak.jpg

Lunch Break during line construction practice

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Practice Fire Line Construction

Pine_Plantation.jpg

Working Pine Plantation

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Hot Spotting Fight

Indian3.jpg

Smoke from Indian Fire

Indian5.jpg

Indian Fire

Indian7.jpg

Fire Camp - Indian Fire

WallerBrownBowmanDanner.jpg

William Waller - Jim Brown - Stephen Bowman - Fred Danner (R-L)

USFSPlane.jpg

US Forest Service DC-3

DaivdWestleyDC3.jpg

DC-3 at Ontario, CA

JimBrown.jpg

Jim Brown

OwlCreekFire1.jpg

Near Salmon, Idaho - August 1966

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Westley and Graham - Owl Creek Fire - Idaho

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Pete Achberger and Rich Leak

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Frank Keelsling and Richard Leak

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Glen Spady

TomGrahamJoeBeaty.jpg

Tom Graham and Joe Beaty - San Diego, CA

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David Westley - Jim Brown - Tom Graham

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My El Cariso Hot Shot 1966 Fire Stick

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My El Cariso Hot Shots Clock

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John Moore - Loop Fire - November 1, 1966

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ElCarisoPark.jpg

El Cariso Regional County Park

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El Cariso Hot Shots Memorial

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El Cariso Hot Shots - Crew 1 - October 1966

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El Cariso Hot Shots - Crew 2 - October 1966