John C. Harmon and Lynn A. Greenwalt Combating Fire at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, 1948

Two motor vehicles on a dirt road. Vehicle on the left is a jeep, with the front of it facing directly toward the camera; a man is in the process of climbing into the jeep on the driver's slide. A fire truck is behind and to the left of the keep, with the front of the vehicle facing away from the camera; the vehicle is at an angle. A man stands atop the bed of the truck, and appears to be holding a water hose. Just beyond the vehicles and the road is a line of trees. Some smoke is visible on the right.
Photo By/Credit

E.P. Haddon

Date Shot/Created
10/01/1948
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
"Combating fire at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. John C. Harmon, atop the large fire truck, is transferring water from the larger vehicle to the smaller 120 gallon tank of the fire jeep. Lynn A. Greenwalt, son of Refuge Manager E.J. Greenwalt, is just climbing into the jeep. The fire they were combating was on rough terrain and only the smaller jeep could make its way among the boulders to fight the fire." October 1948. Lynn Greenwalt went on to serve as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1973-1981.
Facility
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Subject tags
Directors (USFWS)
Employees (USFWS)
Equipment
Fire management
Fires
History
Motor vehicles
Wildlife refuges
Work of the Service