Interviewee | GREEN, James (b. 1924) |
Interview ID # | OH 1719 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Childhood in rural northern Alabama; farm life during the Great Depression; decision to enter CCC at the age of fifteen; experiences at CCC camps at Roosevelt State Park in Mississippi, Florence, Oregon, and Rainier, Washington; memory of Pearl Harbor; wartime rejection from U.S. Army; postwar decision to join U.S. Air Force; career as an engine mechanic in Air Force and Navy; lessons learned in CCC and military. |
Interviewer(s) | Todd Moye |
Physical Description | 65 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |