These witnesses of Black Sunday and much of the other suffering of the Dust-Bowl years are now old men and women, and Burns, as he has in other documentaries, makes good use of these ordinary folk. He is a sort of Studs Terkel of documentarians.
VA Hospital - nursing program. I currently work for a VA Hospital (Veterans Administration - government hospital - best care anywhere!!). They have an interesting program to become an RN. They will pay FULL SALARY of a current employee, and they will pay for the program cost. All you need to do is commit to be a VA nurse.
I am able to still serve at VA. As a Veteran, I am almost like royalty at work. I know from personal experience that the Secretary is a Veteran, 30+% VA employees are Veterans, and that 99% of VA admires and takes care of Veterans. But that Veteran at the bus stop, the Veteran at the airline, they may not share those feelings of royalty.