Sunday, Apr 15, 2012 - 4:00 AM
Part of President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to put Americans to work, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provides more than three million jobs in natural resource conservation. The young men in the corps plant trees, build flood barriers, fight fires and maintain roads and trails. Archival images and personal accounts of CCC veterans relate the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments. G
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