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Originally Posted by jspchief

I watched an interesting show on PBS a week or so back about the Civil Conservation Corps. It was part of Roosevelt's New Deal.

One of the living participants talked about how it essentially gave hundreds of thousands of American men a jumpstart on military structured life.

When I hear the phrase "greatest generation", this is the type of thing that comes to mind for me. These men were working in hard labor camps, doing jobs created by the government, required to send 5/6 of their earnings back home, and they were simply happy to have 3 meals per day. They rebuilt America to put food on their family's table, and in doing so unknowingly prepared themselves for WW2.

It's not by chance that these men had the grit to do the things they did. They were brought up in hard times, and no doubt had more respect for the things they fought for than us later generations can even guess at.

Well said, sir.