This hour-long program tells how this country got past the Depression of the '30s and put teenagers to work-along with all the infrastructure required to support thousands in 6 month camps.
My Father was in the CCC. Kansas farm boy paid a dollar a day to hunt rabbits in Minnesota. Massive reforestation efforts gave my Dad what he said "was the greatest job in the world!"
In 1940, when DOD needed an Army,250,000 young adults needed little training to transition a dedicated fighting force!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/ccc/