My Experiences in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and How I learned Telegraphy and Became a Radio Amateur and a
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| A camp scene at C.C.C. Company 4436, Greenville, Alabama - The building at the right side of the photo is the Headquarters Building, which housed primarily the Commanding Officer’s office and the radio telegraph station. The post at the front-left corner of the building supported the feeder end of the antenna, and the other end was supported by a similar post in a field to the right of the building. The barracks were also located in the field. The mess hall, supply building, recreational building, and shop were all located in a shady, park-like area.
The previous radio operator was known as “Screw-Loose Benson”, and although he had left, his reputation remained. I hoped that the reputation didn’t belong to the job. The camp had the same buildings as at Valley Creek State Park and at Morton, but it was located in a beautiful park-like area on the eastern edge of Greenville. One was free to walk to town whenever duties permitted. I thought that everything was working out fine, but when I went to the office to check into the radio net, Lt. Derrick told me that the receiver had failed just before Screw Loose Benson had left. They were waiting on a new receiver from district headquarters in Ft. Barrancas. The receiver, which was an old National SW-3 (three tube) receiver, was indeed dead. The tube filaments lit up, but nothing could be heard. Perhaps Screw-Loose Benson had done something to it. That was very bad luck, because while waiting for a new receiver to arrive, I was assigned to a work group that dug ditches and planted trees all day. We also ate food that was delivered to the work site and was stone cold by the time we ate it. Back to square one!   Directory: ccc -> files files -> From Data to Knowledge to Action: Enabling a Revolution in New Transportation ccc -> 2016 Drama 4 College Research Information Sheet Name of School: Columbia College Chicago ccc -> 1 (as of January 24, 2011) ccc -> Civic education files -> Instructions for web-admin are in [ ] [This goes under the following section ccc -> Suffolk county community college ccc -> College entrance exams files -> Rodney Brooks mit version 4: March 17, 20091 files -> Toward a Science of Autonomy for Physical Systems: Paths Download 4.5 Mb. Share with your friends:
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