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Show What Vhat the CCC Means to the theNation thiNation , NatIon NationBy By Lt Harold Uarold L Biant Blant BlantThe BiantThe BiantThe The period Jenod ; March 31 1938 ttApril to toApril toApril April 5 19o8 198 19 8 marks the fifth anru ann.i anni anruversary ann.iversary anniversary . versary of the Civilian Conserva ConservaI Conservation Conservation I tlon tion Corps It is an organizatIOn organizationfounded organizationfounded I ' 'founded founded for the purpose of adlnln adinin adlnlni.termg adininistering adminibtenng i.termg itermg istering : . aid to the youth of the na natIon nation nation I naI tIon physical mental and moral moralA A great problem presented itself on onthe onthe orthe , the onset of the depression period periodmen periodmen periodmen men by the countless thousand thousands thousandssvere thousandswere : , were svere without employment homes homeswere homeswere homewere were disorganized and the louth louthdemoralized ioutidemoralized outh outhdemorallzed demorallzed demoralized Employment foi fOl an anone ; } oneI one \I I \ was sias as not to be had Parents at of atfaml offamil o.famil ofamil . faml famil ! es were unable to provide for fortheir fortheir to : their offsprings and consequenti consequently consequentlythese consequentlyI : these children culdren ! were svere placed on their theirown thei.own theiown . I Iown ' I own and forced from place to place placeV1thout placewithout plac placwithout < without \V1thout V1thout \ money friends and parental parentalguidance parentaguidance parentalguidance placeI I guidance Boys BeyS of a tender agiwere age ageI ageI \I I \ were ere forced to beg or steal for the themaintaining thimaintaining I Imamt3.inmg mamt3.inmg mamt3inmg maintaining . of body and soul Youth YouthI Youthwas Youtivi \I I \ was as demoradized demoradlZed The CCC was wasinaugurated wainaugurated wasInaugurated inaugurated Therelas There was \las las sas \ now means meansof meansof mean-of mean of - of providing providmg a place for )0\ )0 0 105 ) ioing )0ng \ ng rig Am Amerlca Amerlca Axnerica erlca The city lad 5 " , was as taken out outof outof outof of soidid SOl did environments enviromnents and sent toall to toI toall I II I all parts of the United States Here Herev.as Herewas Herewas I v.as vas was . a place to breathe good clean cleanair cleanair cleanair HereI I air a place to sleep and a place to toenjoy toenjoy toenjoy I ! enjoy plenty of good wholesome wholescme food foodHe foodHe foodHe He learned to enjoy comradesillp comradeship comradesillpmake comradeshipmake comradeshipmake foodI I make new friends learn good habits habitsand habitsand habitsand and after a period of time to understand un understand Understand derstand disciplinein and appreciate appreclate discipline in the camp The hope and morale moralewas moralewas moralewas was in the building buildmg buildmgThe buildingThe buildingThe The new enrollee in the CCC was wa ? taught how to tc do maui man } Indl\ldual Indl ldual indisidual Indlldualduties indisidualduties individuaduties \ duties required of him bin in the camp campHe campHe cann : He learned to make his bed sweeland sv sweep sweepand . eep eepand and clean around his area to prop properly properly properiy erly diess dlcss and the necessity for per persen'll personil persomi sen'll senll sonil ' cleanliness cleanlme&s cleanlmes & Through this m in individual dlvidual dividual duty dut- dut dut1 duthe } - he learned that he heS hiwas S \ as an individual necessary in every everydetail everydetail ever : detail of the camp and an Import Important important important ant factor therein He was no longer long longer longer er one of the masses He had been beengwen beengiven beeigiven gwen given the opportunity to further hlS his hlSeducatIOn hiseducation hi ; education and to try to t advance advancehimself advancihimself advancehimself himself at least one grade In school schoolI schoolper schooper schoolper I per enrollment period periodHe periodHe periodHe He has learned to use an axe aM hoc hoe hoepick I Ipick pick and shovel how to operate operatetrucks trucks and heavy machiner machinerl machinerybegan operateI ) He Hebegan Hebegan I began to feel self Important A man manwas maiwas was developing morale rising rlsmg and andcharacter andcharacter an ancharacter < character dayfrom dayfront building And one day from front all this valuable experience experiencegained experiencegained expenencifamed gained he could feel that he was wasnecessary wasnecessary wa ; necessary in the theheel wheel \\heel heel \ of the natiorand nation nationand nationand and proud to be a citizen of the theUnited theUnited thiUnited United States and the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitecStates States proud of its citizen citizenA A man was made |