Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 25 March 1920, Beaufort, SC. Died: 8 January 1955, Volusia, FL. Buried in Beaufort, SC. Enlisted: 11 February 1942 and discharged 27 September 1945. His record shows that he transferred from the 95th Engineer (GS) Regiment to 1698th Combat Engineer Battalion. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Sawmill laborer….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 12 July 1914 (1915), Orange, VA. Died: 22 May 1982, Beauford, SC. Enlisted: 7 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Construction, employed by McClosken Company. His father was Noble Waugh (1892-1952), a farm laborer, and his mother was Julia Lewis Waugh (1896-1966). He married Mary…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 21 March 1923, Richmond, VA. Died: 6 May 1977, Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 28 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: mechanic. His father was Jarvis Treadwell, a general public works laborer, and his mother was Florence Barkins…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 February 1920, Pontiac, MI. Died: 23 March 1990, Pontiac, Oakland, MI. Enlisted: 13 April 1942. Ft. Custer, MI, Regular Army and discharged 27 November 1946. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: he planted trees with a CCC forest project and his draft card records that he…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 15 February 1917, Henrico, VA. Died: 31 August 1986, New York. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD and discharged 8 July 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: garage laborer and in 1940 he worked as a janitor at John Stahl theatre. His father…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 February 1919, Darlington, Harford County, MD. Died: 23 April 2010, Glenside, Montgomery, PA. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 10 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Bellman. His Aunt was Beatrice D. Smith. He married Margaret Daniel Barbee (1917-1995) in 1959 in…
African American. Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 20 June 1916 (Alternate: 1914), South Carolina. Died: 20 November 1957, Charleston, South Carolina. He died at age 43 from an allergic reaction to penicillin. Enlisted: 16 February 1942 and discharged 29 September 1945. His record shows that he transferred from the 95th Engineer (GS) Regiment to the…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 13 January (Alternate: September) 1915, Louisiana. Died: 22 December 1986 Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA. Enlisted: 20 September 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 13 August 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Refining Petroleum. His father was Celestine Peterson, a long shoreman at the riverfront and…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 14 August (Alternate: 20 November), 1922, New York. Died: 14 December 1996, Albany, New York. Enlisted: 22 December 1941, New York city, NY, Regular Army. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Photographer. His father was John Parker and his mother’s maiden name was Smith. Serial #12038973 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 26 July 1916, Clarke County, Athens, GA. Died: 16 November 1982, Clarke County, Athens, GA. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: shoe make and shoe repair. His father was Robert Eldon Nesbit, Sr. He married Dorothy…