Letters From Your Loving Son: Wilson C. Lineaweaver - His Journey Through the CCC and U.S. Navy To His Death on the USS Bunker Hill in 1945

The year was 1937. The Great Depression was raging. A young man in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, recently graduated from high school, and like multitudes of other young men, vainly searched for a job. After five fruitless months, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. His family depended on his financial support, so he remained in the CCC until November 1940. In January 1941, without prospects for employment, he joined the U.S. Navy, committing his life to his country for the next six years. T...