During the 1930s, the Great Depression saw many government programs providing employment to the millions of unemployed. The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), established in 1933 put to work mostly unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 25. The CCC goal was the improvement of America’s public lands, forest and parks. CCC enlistees worked planting trees, building floor barriers, fighting forest fires and maintaining forest roads and trails. Workers earned $30 per month, $25 of this was sent home to their families and the workers kept $5 for themselves. Meals, lodging and medical care were provided in a military camp style. At its largest, the CCC employed 600,000 enlistees, officers, administrators and advisors. In 1942, the program was shut down and the young men went to war.