Looking Back: Join the CCC in 1940

From the September 9, 2015, MidWeek  (McHenry County, Illinois) MidWeek "Looking Back."

"If there are any young men in the county who can't get a job without experience and can't get experience without a job, the Civilian Conservation Corps may be the answer to their problems.

"The CCC offers healthful, outdoor employment with $30 a month pay, including maintenance (food, housing, medical and dental care) of which $22 goes to the assistance of the boy's family and $8 is used by him in camp.

U.S. Army soldiers were initially paid $30 a month 1940-1941 and essentially received the same benefits.

The CCC experience provided an excellent introduction to military service as it was run essentially as a military undertaking.  No doubt a lot of our servicemen in the war received their initial training in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

--GreGen