During the Great Depression, many men were unemployed and it took a toll on their self-esteem. Programs like the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) helped to restore their self-esteem. These young men found work and a purpose in life again. Many of them went into these programs as young boys and grew at the camps into men when they left.
They were taught to read if they couldn't read when they arrived. Those who had to drop out of school got their high school diploma. There was a young man who spent 2 1/2 years in the CCC then left to find work. He ended up rejoining the CCC in Idaho where he made many roads through parks and fought wildfires.
And there was the many who found life in the camp so appealing that they joined the military and served in WW II. There was another program as well called the Worker Program Administration. This helped put people back to work and was dissolved in 1943 because it was no longer need. The CCC is still running in different forms.
https://youtu.be/GmdjgCsPnWk
They were taught to read if they couldn't read when they arrived. Those who had to drop out of school got their high school diploma. There was a young man who spent 2 1/2 years in the CCC then left to find work. He ended up rejoining the CCC in Idaho where he made many roads through parks and fought wildfires.
And there was the many who found life in the camp so appealing that they joined the military and served in WW II. There was another program as well called the Worker Program Administration. This helped put people back to work and was dissolved in 1943 because it was no longer need. The CCC is still running in different forms.
https://youtu.be/GmdjgCsPnWk
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