We have the unique opportunity as a class to be able to ask questions for a man who served in President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps as a teenager in the Great Depression and then in the US Military in World War II in his early 20's. The questions will be asked by one of our classmates and the responses will be videotaped. He loves talking about his experiences and telling stories about his life, but does not have the stamina to come in and talk to each class.
Please post a question about:
1. Life in the Great Depression
2. Work in the Civilian Conservation Corps
3. Life as a soldier
4. Experiences in WWII
5. Life back at home after the war
When you post your question, please indicate which topic you are addressing by copying the topic from the list above and pasting it in your response. Please tell us who you are, or what class period you have Social Studies if you are posting as "anonymous." Thanks! This should be fun!
Here is some information about the man we will be interviewing:
17 or 18 years old when he left Alabama and joined the CCC's firefighters in California
4th Air wing Marine 13th Air group in the Pacific
WWII are from his stint in the Marshall Islands and Fiji
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EXAMPLE POST:
1. Life in the Great Depression
How did the Great Depression effect your family specifically?
- Mr. Redeker (period 1,3,4,5,7)
When you went to war, did you feel bad leaving your friends and family during the hard times?
Erin Rose C.
Were you scared?
who were you living with at the time when you had to leave?
How old were you when you first went to fight in the war????????
what was the wrost part or time during the war and the depression?
Did you get any medals for your service in the military during WWII???
Did anyone you knew, or was close to, get hurt or wounded in the war?
dID YOU KNOW fRANKLIN dELANO rOOSEVELT PERSONALLY??? wHERE WERE YOU DEPLOYED??
Was it very difficult tryingto get through the great depression? Was it hard for your family to get money?
What were you thinking when you went to war?
Did u mizz yo family
Were you fighting alongside any relatives?? my uncles friend fought alongside his dad in a war.
Have you ever been shot or wounded in battle?
Did you choose to go to war yourself? or were you drafted?
Where did you fight and what was it like there, were you scared
Did your life drastically change financially after the deppression, or did it slowly go back to normal?
When you left was it hard on your family??
y didz u go 2 da war to begin wit, waz itz a draft or waz itzz cuz u wanted 2?
Was it emotionally difficult to see people, even your enemies, getting killed around you?? Did anybody you know get wounded?
Did you ever handle a bomb/ any other explosive?
If so, were you completely terrified or just scared?
Did you get wounded in any way? If so, what was the worst wound that you got?
Where were you when the bombing took place? How did you, your unit react? Panic? Defensive? Angry? Sad?
What did you do at you job for the CCC?
Whats the CCC?
What rank were you? How did that affect your status?
What was the worst thing that you had to face during World War II?
What was the worst thing that you had to face during World War II?
How did you feel about FDR as president (like his CCC project and trying to end the Great Depression, etc.) ?
Where there ever times when you thought that that war may never end?
Was it hard to hear everyday the dying screams of your comrades and the other soliders? I know that if I had to got through that I would have nightmares of those sreams and would probavly never forget them.
Rebecca G.
Stephannie C:) how was life like back then a days?
Durning the Great Depression where did your family live? How many people were part of your family?
How old where you durning the Great Depression?
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