First Interviewee
Wilbur Johnson (b. 1916)
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Description of Interview
As in most of these interviews students asked about: hometown, family and life before CCC; joining the CCC; work, social life and training, education and leaves in CCC/at the Camp; military service in WWII; the New Deal/Roosevelt; later life’s work. Also, Details of daily life in camp, including food, illnesses, buildings and people. Johnson Born April 16, 1916, joined CCC in 1934 stayed until 1940. About 5 minutes of interview is Johnson’s sister Lois O’Neil describing life at home during this period. Johnson discusses photograph of company 460, gaining weight, work in canals, cleaned out moat and stalls in Fort with shovels, work as cook for 5 years, learning to read from camp advisor Plunkin, starting with the menu, pay, mumps, leaves, meeting wife, work/pay at turpentine steel in Portal Ga, Captain Miller, Lieutenant Stern, Educational Advisor Plunkin and Wren. Also politics and voting, stuff found in moat, hunting rabbits, pet dongs, biscuits, deviled crab, previous cook stole food, pranks, renting boats, wife and daughters living on Barnard St, mumps.
Location of Interview
Fort Pulaski, GA
Digital Publication Date
1-1-2018
Date of Interview
7-12-2000
Length of Video
51 mins
Length of Video Log
4 pages
Publisher/ Owner of Original/ Digitized By
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
Publisher Representative
Laura Waller, Cultural Resources Specialist Fort Pulaski National Monument U.S. Highway 80 East, PO Box 30757 Savannah, GA 31410 912-786-8182, ext. 1101
Fort Pulaski Records Box and File Number
Ft Pulaski Records Series X Box 62 VHS 9
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History | Social Welfare
Keywords
CCC Camp 460, photograph, cook, literacy, Captain Miller, Lieutenant Stern, Educational Advisor Plunkin, Educational Advisor Wren, Lois O’Neil, voting, moat
Recommended Citation
Armstrong Oral History Class, "Interview with Wilbur Johnson" (2000). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews. 6.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/6
Language
English
Copyright
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Document Type
Transcript with Video
Source
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
