First Interviewee
John West
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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 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. West who joined in 1940 in particular discusses work for CCC in Oregon, Camp Klamel? 2 miles outside of Murrel? OR. He did not work at Ft. Pulaski. Worked for Bureau of Reclamation, irrigation canals, truck driving, kitchen, fought forest fires. Received 16 certificates in industrial training, medic during War, learned to work more efficiently, “John’s Lever”, train ride from GA to Oregon, pay, reunions, CCC memorial at Pine Mountain, GA, worked at Union Camp in Savannah.
Location of Interview
Fort Pulaski, GA
Digital Publication Date
1-1-2018
Date of Interview
7-28-2000
Length of Video
27 mins
Length of Video Log
5 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 12
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History | Social Welfare
Keywords
CCC in Oregon, Bureau of Reclamation, irrigation, forest fires, industrial training certificates, medic, training, efficiency, train ride
Recommended Citation
Armstrong Oral History Class, "Interview with John West" (2000). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews. 9.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/9
Language
English
Copyright
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Document Type
Transcript with Video
Source
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
