(CCC badge. Image courtesy of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
"I came home in 1934, after 13 months in the CCC, returning to my hometown in Willisburg (Kentucky). I got married. I found my first job as a truck driver due to my CCC experience. Later I started working in a general merchandise store at a salary of $1.00 a day. After a few years I bought the store, where I served the public for 41 years until I retired in 1977. To me the CCC was a wonderful experience, and great character builder for us and even an education itself. I have always been grateful for the experience."
--Joe. S. Perkins, CCC Alumni, in the book "Roosevelt's Forest Army: A History of the Civilian Conservation Corps," by Perry H. Merrill, 1981.
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