1942: LBJ developed a plan to merge the New Deal agencies National Youth Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps and charge them with setting up War Work Centers to staff the navy yards. The NYA trainee in this photo, Oyida Peaks, is training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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1942: LBJ developed a plan to merge the New Deal agencies National Youth Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps and charge them with setting up War Work Centers to staff the navy yards.

The NYA trainee in this photo, Oyida Peaks, is training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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