Seventy Years Could Not Erase the Memory of a Wildfire Hero
![Deidra McGee holds the award she was given by the Triple Nickles Association.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/deidra-mcgee1.jpg?itok=Xw_gZ5EK)
It’s been a busy few months for the Triple Nickles, the U.S. Forest Service’s first African-American smoke jumping crew. On Aug. 6 of this year a member of the crew who was the first recorded death of a hot shot wildland firefighter was posthumously honored at his gravesite that was recently found after a long search.
Deidra McGee holds the award she was given by the Triple Nickles Association…