CPS Worker 005673 - Krehbiel, Reuben
Birth year: 1920
Denomination: Mennonite General Conference
Original occupation: Farmer
Drafted from: McPherson , Kansas, United States
Entered CPS: 8 11, 1942
Left CPS: 3 22, 1946
Notes:
Krehbiel recalled the following regarding his experience at camp #33:
Here I was to drive a caterpillar pulling a road grader to build passable roads for ranchers in the area. . . . One day late at night we were alerted to the fact that there was a big fire near Steamboat Springs, across the continental divide. We were loaded in a big truck without a tarp. We huddled together to try to keep warm but we arrived safe and ready to go to work the next morning. Firefighting was the most difficult work in CPS. Before the fire was contained, I had the opportunity to go back to road building.” (in Eden Peace Witness: A Collection of Personal Accounts pp. 128-129)