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KIA Plaque Dedication at NCSB

by Ron Stoleson |

According to Bill Moody, an NSA produced plaque showing smokejumpers killed in action will be dedicated at NCSB, Friday, Sept. 26th at 1100.

Bill is coordinating a news release for area papers and they are also sending a mailing to 1940s-1950s jumpers.

They will also dedicate a plaque to the jumper pilot involved in the crash of the plane that killed two jumpers, a plaque for two retardant pilots killed in the Beaver Lake fire and one to a helicopter pilot killed on a fire west of Twisp.

On Sept. 25th, they are placing a Forest (Okanogan-Wenatchee) plaque at the site of the jumper plan crash