Ed joined the CCC or the Civilian Conservation Corp in May of 1933 at Fort Knox Ky. and worked until October of 1933 at Camp Silverado California.
This photo shows that Ed lost some weight doing physical labor!
When I located these photos I had no idea where they could have been taken. I sent the photos to my cousin Donna and I recall discussing with her what Ed was wearing. Could he have worked on the railroad? What kind of uniform was this? Why the tents in the back-ground of the photo? I Googled CCC and discovered a photo of a man with the same uniform. I contacted the National Archives and Records Administration in St. Louis. I then received information confirming Ed’s service from April–October, 1933. His application stated that he had been unemployed since July of 1932 and listed his occupation as farmer and his residence as Elizabethtown Ky. He listed sports, fishing, and hunting as his favorite activities. I am still looking into the information concerning farming and living in Elizabethown.
The CCC program was put into place by President Roosevelt to help young men get work during the depression. Each company of men had to adhere to army discipline and regulations. Ed was in the first group of men to head to California. Their job would have been to clear land for a road, and to build fire breaks in the rugged hills. I discovered that dad was in Company 546 and worked in the Cleveland National Forest at Camp Silverado. The Company had 204 men enrolled.
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