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Mann Gulch

USA / Montana / Helena Valley Southeast /
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Mann Gulch fire August 5, 1949 13 Brave Men Lost their lives.

Robert J. Bennett
Eldon E. Diettert
James 0. Harrison (Meriwether Fire Guard)
William J. Heilman
Phillip 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

Survivors:

R. Wagner Dodge, foreman
Walter B. Rumsey
Robert W. Sallee

Norman Maclean wrote the book Young Men and Fire as a tribute to the men who fought the Mann Gulch fire.
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Coordinates:   46°53'11"N   111°53'59"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago