Image ID:  FHS3674
Image Date:  1941
Image Title:  [Smokejumper training.]
Image Caption:  Frank Derry, parachute instructor-rigger, instructing prospective smokejumper in use of "drop rig". Simulates landing from chute caught in snag or other obstacles by use of landing rope. Lolo National Forest, Montana.
Photographer:  Mead, W.J.
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.