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Civilian Conservation Corps

OH 1713

Veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Childhood in Whitney and Amarillo, Texas; family’s difficulties in Great Depression; decision to enroll in the CCC; experiences at CCC camps in Cleburne and Hillsboro, Texas, and Grand Junction, Colorado; baseball teams; lessons learned in the CCC; World War II-era experience in the U.S. Army Air Corps; work as tool and dye manufacturer; Republican Party politics in Dallas County.

OH 1236

Automobile mechanic. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Paris, Texas and Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 1814 in Linden, Texas; company move to Duncan, Arizona; company move to Fredonia, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0972

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Natchez, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 1484

Janitor. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Wichita Falls, post-CCC life; Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2856 at Camp SCS-10-A in Pima, Arizona and Fort Thomas, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 1548

Truck driver. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Texas and Louisiana; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Hackberry, Louisiana and Mineral, California; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0805

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Terrell, Texas and Tyler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Maydelle, Texas; transfer to a camp in Lindale, Texas; camp move to Marshall, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0299

Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

OH 1094

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lakeview, Texas and McKinney, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas and Camp MA-4-T in San Antonio, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.