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4. 3 of my uncles got jobs through the CCC, back then.

Reply to Dr Vegas (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 07:56 PM

Mar 2020

They planted trees in Wisconsin, many of those forests are still visible, (you can tell if they are CC-planted, rows of one kind of tree in a forest,) there was just no jobs in the area they lived, until wartime industries got going.

Two of my uncles built submarines in Manitowoc.

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New Deal Programs "Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)," [View all] Dr Vegas Mar 2020 OP

I do hope so. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #1

My dad from Mississippi helped plant trees in Nevada Cicada Mar 2020 #2

The CCC is a favorite of mine. Such a great idea... ms liberty Mar 2020 #3

3 of my uncles got jobs through the CCC, back then. Archae Mar 2020 #4

My father spent a year in the CCCs. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #5