http://greathistory.com/the-civilian-conservation-corps-explained-on-pbs.htm The Best Blogging in History Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:58:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://greathistory.com/the-civilian-conservation-corps-explained-on-pbs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7478 frankchadwick Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:09:52 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=845#comment-7478 Great article. My uncle Paul worked with the CCC during the Great Depresion, then put himself through school and joined the Soil Conservation Service (under the great Hugh Hammond Benett) back in its first year of existence, 1935, fighting the Oklahoma "dust bowl." Later Uncle Paul moved over to the Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian engineer and had a long and distiniguished career of public service -- none of which would have been likely for a destitute kid from Hermann, MO, without the CCC. Great article. My uncle Paul worked with the CCC during the Great Depresion, then put himself through school and joined the Soil Conservation Service (under the great Hugh Hammond Benett) back in its first year of existence, 1935, fighting the Oklahoma “dust bowl.” Later Uncle Paul moved over to the Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian engineer and had a long and distiniguished career of public service — none of which would have been likely for a destitute kid from Hermann, MO, without the CCC.

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