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First African-American Smokejumpers Take their Last Jumps
L to R: U.S. Army Sgt. Clarence H. Beavers, Triple Nickles' Association President Joe Murchison, Smokey Bear, 2nd Lt. Walter Morris and Lt. Col. Roger S. Walden visited the U. S. Forest Service in...
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Pioneer African-American Smokejumper Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Gen. George W. Casey Jr., former chief of staff of the Army, talks to Lt. Col. Roger Walden during a recognition ceremony at the Pentagon on March 25, 2010. (U.S. Army) During World War II, a time when...
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Smoke Jumping Into History
Although not original members of the first Triple Nickles Platoon, Thomas McFadden (left) and Joe Murchison (right), who is the current President of the Triple Nickles Association, attend an event at...
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Seventy Years Could Not Erase the Memory of a Wildfire Hero
Deidra McGee holds the award she was given by the Triple Nickles Association. Photo credit: US Forest Service It’s been a busy few months for the Triple Nickles, the U.S. Forest Service’s first...
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