Polly of Carcross
An unforgettable character in her (or his) own right, Polly of Carcross has a post on our blog. The story of Polly of Carcross
Author: Dennis McClure
Doug Bell
As amazing a character as we’ve run across in our exploration of the stories from the north country, Doug Bell captivated us. His story is on our blog site at Doug Bell on chrisdennis111
Heath Twichell
The late Heath Twichell, dean of Alaska Highway historians, was our friend and mentor. To read his story follow this link to our blog site. Twichell, Father and Son
Ceylon’s Father
WE FOUND ANOTHER FAMILY! Last year Jean Pollard, an Alaska educator who has worked tirelessly to celebrate the black heroes of the Alaska Highway, and a terrific friend of our effort to do the same, helped organize an event in Anchorage to celebrate the memory of those men. Ceylon Mitchell lives in Anchorage. His father helped…
Cesinger of the 340th
A few weeks ago my email included a nice surprise. Gary Orlando, of Yulee, Florida, found his grandfather’s name, Alfred Cesinger, here on the site and contacted me. A Tech Sgt in the 340th Engineers, Cesinger helped build the ALCAN in 1942. Today my mailbox contained an even nicer surprise—a CD filled with photos and…
Captain Alfred O. Spencer
I constantly search various sources – especially Ancestry.com – for relatives of soldiers who were in the 93rd Engineers in 1942. And a couple of months ago I found an Alfred O. Spencer, Jr. who lives in Sweetwater, Tennessee. An Alfred Spencer had served as a line officer in the 93rd. I copied a photo…
Bear Mystery Solved
My dad’s days on the Alaska Highway left a collection of photographs, and most of them are available on this website. Three of them, though, presented me with a conundrum. In these three photos, three different men pose proudly next to a scrawny dead bear. Clearly there has been a bear homicide, but equally clearly…
Another Living Veteran of the 93rd–Leonard Larkins
They say it never rains but it pours… Just a few days before we left to meet with Samuel Hargoves, Bert Larkins typed “93rd Engineers” into Google, and found his dad’s page under 93rd Personnel on this site. His father, Bert tells us, is a healthy 96 and remembers his military experience very well. Pvt….
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ALCAN Love Letters, A Genesis of an Obsession
When my father, Tim Timberlake, graduated from the University of Maryland’s Engineering School and entered the Army as a brand new 2nd Lieutenant, he had no idea what lay in store for him. The year was 1941… Marking time at his first duty station he found his thoughts turning to a young lady he knew…
Top Kick
Soon after this website went on line, we posted a story about Company A’s first sergeant, Ashel Honesty. Working on the site and on our book, We Fought the Road, we kept crossing Sgt. Honesty’s trail. And he fascinates us. Enlisted soldiers live and work in platoons commanded by commissioned officers—usually second lieutenants, fresh from…