Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | June 18, 1915 |
Birth Place | Houston, TX |
Age | 105 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Aug 7, 2004 (age 89) |
Birth Sign | Gemini |
Net worth: $75 Million (2024)
About
Firefighter who devised a way to extinguish oil well blazes both on and off land. He successfully subdued nearly 500-foot flames in the Sahara Desert region of Algeria.
Before Fame
During World War II, he was a member of an American bomb disposal squad. After his tour of duty, he started working for Myron Kinley, an oil firefighting company.
Trivia
He was seventy-five years old when he helped put out post-Gulf War oil well fires in Kuwait.
Family Life
He was born in Houston, Texas to an Irish father.
Associated With
The Sahara Desert fire that he helped extinguish inspired a John Wayne film called Hellfighters.