- Collection:
- Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Interview with Forrest Fields
- Creator:
- Armstrong Oral History Class
- Publisher:
- National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Date of Original:
- 2000-07-24
- Subject:
- Georgia--History
Public welfare--Georgia
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Georgia--Fort Pulaski
Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
Historic sites--Conservation and restoration
Depressions--1929
Work Projects Administration (U.S.)
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia
United States. National Youth Administration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Fort Pulaski National Monument, 32.03082, -80.93361 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- As in most of these interviews students asked about: hometown 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; the preservation of historic Ft. Pulaski; later life’s work. Also, Details of daily life in camp, including food, illnesses, buildings and people.
Fields, at Ft. Pulaski 1938-1940 in particular describes: Fort when he arrived, truck driver and road work, barber shop, moving the cannon, survey work, pay, food, feeling at Roosevelt’s death, pranks, fight, behavior, crab fishing, mumps, hurricane, mosquitoes, and church service.
Historic Preservation and Conservation -- History -- Social Welfare -- truck driver -- road work -- moving cannon -- recreation -- typical day -- food -- pay -- military service -- World War II -- restoration work -- Tybee -- hurricane -- clothing -- wildlife -- Church service -- crab fishing -- pranks -- fights -- barber shop -- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Georgia--Fort Pulaski -- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.) -- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration -- Depressions--1929 -- Nineteen thirties -- Work Projects Administration (U.S.) -- New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia -- United States. National Youth Administration -- University Partner Collections, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews - Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/5
- Original Collection:
- National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Holding Institution:
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
- Rights:
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