Refuge Manager Ernest J. Greenwalt Leading Fire Fighting near Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, 1948

Two jeeps in a cleared area of a field, right on the edge of tall grass. One man is standing in the back of the jeep on the right, leaning over, while two men stand to the left of the jeep (one has his back to the camera, the other is partially obscured by the other man). Two men are in the jeep on the left, in the driver's an passenger's seats. A line of trees is in the background.
Photo By/Credit

E.P. Haddon

Date Shot/Created
10/01/1948
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Original caption: Ernest J. Greenwalt, manager of the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge near Cache, Oklahoma is carrying the water hose ahead of the refuge fire-jeep while his son Lynn drives. The man beside the jeep is a volunteer. Fire broke out in the military reservation just outside the refuge and everyone turned out to put it under control. The jeep carries 120 gallons of water in tank and a length of hose, is equipped with a portable radio and successfully maneuvers on rough terrain where larger trucks have difficulty. October 1948. Note: Ernest Greenwalt's son Lynn would go on to become the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1973-1981.
Facility
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Subject tags
Employees (USFWS)
Equipment
Fire management
Fires
History
Motor vehicles
Wildlife refuges
Work of the Service