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Among other tasks, the men of the CCC in Niceville built and improved roads, constructed bridges and fire lookout towers, planted thousands of trees and helped build bombing sites at Eglin Field. Of the $30 they were paid each month, the men kept $5 and sent $25 home to their families. Overall, the CCC program “helped lift America out of the darkness of Depression and into the sunshine of better times,” then-U.S. Sen. Jennings Randolph said in 1983. The CCC worker statue will be placed at Turkey Creek Park, said Joan Sharpe, president of CCC Legacy. Established in 2007, the nonprofit, Edinburg, Virginia-based CCC Legacy organization is an advocate for CCC alumni and strives to bring awareness to the heritage of the corps. ....