Martha L Smith

From the Forest to the Battlefield Martha L Smith

Richly detailed and extensively researched, From The Forest To The Battlefield, presents the birth to death biographies of forty former Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees who became Medal of Honor recipients in World War II. Embedded in each chapter is military and CCC history that brings alive the incredible life stories of these American heroes. As CCC enrollees they improved the landscape of the nation while serving in sixty-two CCC camps in twenty-seven states. In World War II these brave men fought in both Europe and the Pacific for the freedom of all Americans. This book is a salute to America's finest!