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In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying Florida Keys. In late August 1935, a small
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- Author
- Drye, Willie
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781493037988
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (120 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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