Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 30 June 1919, Minnesota. Died: 27 April 2006, Minnesota. Enlisted: 6 January 1942. Released: 6 December 1945. Occupation: farmer. Spouse: Margaret J. Kleine, married 24 November 1943, Union, NC. Father: William Gilb, farmer. Mother: Edna Kremin Gilb. Marvin and Margaret were witnesses to the marriage of George W. Weide (soldier…
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 12 September 1919, Massachusetts. Died: 14 August 1943, Yukon Territory, Canada. Enlisted: 13 November 1941, Cleveland, OH. Education: two years high school. Occupation: telegraph/telephone service man, pipefitter. Spouse: Dorothy Hogan, married 16 September 1937. Father: Frank Semmels. Mother: Isabelle McIntyre. Cause of death unknown. Buried at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory cemetery. …
Alaska Highway, Company F, 340th Engineers. Born: 10 October 1918. Died: 17 October 1942 at milepost 21, near Morley Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. The 2nd BN Hqt Morning Report states that he was killed in an auto accident. There is a cairn adjacent to the highway about 19 miles southeast of Teslin. The First Nation’s…
Alaska Highway, 340th Regiment, Medic at dispensary.
Alaska Highway, supply SSgt, H&S, Company. Interview by Donna Blasor-Bernhardt with MSgt James J. “Kluane” Barrett, Signal Corps, attached to the 340th Regiment: Bill was a student at Stanford University when he was drafted. He applied and was accepted for OCS at Ft. Belvoir, VA. He had orders to travel to Belvoir by the first…
Alaska Highway, Company C
Alaska Highway, Company C
Alaska Highway, Company C
Alaska Highway, Company C
Alaska Highway, Company C