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Obituary
Carl, 87, died December 26, 2011, in McCall, Idaho. He joined the Army in November 1943 and was a member of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company I. Carl served as a guard at Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's headquarters in 1945 and was discharged honorably in January 1946. He jumped at McCall 1948 to 1965, and again in 1974-75, also serving as spotter, trainer, retardant expert and hotshot supervisor. Carl retired from the Forest Service in 1978.
Identifier
Rosselli_Carl_McCall_1948
Publication Date
January 2012
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Rosselli, Carl (McCall 1948)" (2012). Smokejumper Obituaries. 867.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/867
