The Civilian Conservation Corps. PBS American Experience.

amerikat

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:29 PM
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The Civilian Conservation Corps. PBS American Experience.

Is a great film. 53 minutes.

Created 800 state parks, planted 2.3 billion trees, built the first ski
slopes in the US. Well worth watching IMHO. Provided work for three million
men.

We could use another dose of that right now.
Watch now or bookmark for later. You won't be sorry.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1309577149

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texanwitch

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:32 PM
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1. My Father was in the CCC's in New Mexico.

He loved it.

I have his discharge papers, and a big goup picture.

The boys and men wore WWI uniforms.

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amerikat

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:42 PM
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2. Maybe he is in the film?

How cool would that be?

CCC built everything but the cave at Carlsbad Caverns.

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texanwitch

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:48 PM
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3. All I can remember is Dad saying they built fences and planted trees.

He said he lost count of how many trees he planted.

The CCC's saved his family, his mother and sister received $25 a month, that was a lot of money.

He grew several inches while he was in, all the food you could eat.

He stayed in for a year because he was the head of his family.

Just think what it must have been like to have all the food that you wanted after going hungry.

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amerikat

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:52 PM
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4. all those things were discussed in the film.

Average worker gained 12 pounds.

Are you planning on watching the film? I like to get some feedback.

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texanwitch

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:58 PM
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6. Sure will.

On the discharge papers he was 5ft. 6 inches, when he left he was 6ft. tall.

He put on a lot of weight doing the work he did.

He also went to school while he was in, finished high school.

My grandmother and aunt were able to have a decent amount of money to live on.

Rent and food was cheap back then.

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GoCubsGo

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Sun Oct-09-11 05:57 PM
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5. My grandpa was in the CCC in Idaho

I'm not sure what he did exactly. I think he did forestry-type things. Funny that you mention uniforms. In the only photo I ever saw of him in the Corps, he was shirtless. He was a lean, mean machine back then, unlike he was by the time his grandkids were born. I miss him.

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texanwitch

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Sun Oct-09-11 06:02 PM
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7. My dad told me the Army guys were tough on them.

They lived like they were in the army.

They had to make their beds a certain way, some the boys were hard types to deal with.

I have a picture of my Dad in his dress uniform, he looked good.

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amerikat

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Sun Oct-09-11 06:09 PM
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9. Mentioned at the end of the film was

That many men from CCC were to first to go to WW2. The
camps were run military style. One guy who joined the air force
said they didn't have to teach me the basics because he learned it all
at the camp.

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texanwitch

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Sun Oct-09-11 06:28 PM
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10. Dad said he learned how to shine shoes in the CCC's, the army way.

The CCC's saved a lot of boys lifes.

They lived in Army tents for awhile.

Dad said he had a old tough DI, who was fair but tough.

They had a lot of big farm boys join the CCC's, they didn't always like taking orders.

They learned.

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amerikat

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Sun Oct-09-11 06:03 PM
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8. One of the guys in the film said...

It was the first time he had a toothbrush, 2 pair of shoes and
three meals per day.

CCC in Idaho.

http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/ccc/idaho/cccinidaho.cfm

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Stevepol

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Mon Oct-10-11 08:55 AM
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11. My dad was CCC in Idaho too, remember stories he told about it.

He was also from the Chicago region at the time: Michigan City, IN. Maybe your dad is in the same picture I have of my dad at the CCC camp in Idaho. Thanks for the memories.

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