Smokejumper Quotes

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. MARK TWAIN”
― Jason A. Ramos, Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters

“Their efforts made smokejumping one of the first racially integrated jobs in America. Still, the men of the 555th weren’t allowed in many bars, hotels, or restaurants. They were denied live ammo for rifle training and forbidden from mingling with white soldiers, which even enemy POWs could do.”
― Jason A. Ramos, Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters