Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 6 January 1920, West Virginia. Died: 8 February 1985, West Virginia. Enlisted: 15 January 1942, Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY. Education: one year high school. Occupation: Contract painter. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Painters. Father Lorenzo Dow Mallory, Sr.,…
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1 October 1919, Chaves, New Mexico. Died: 26 June 2000, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Enlisted 9 January 1942, Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Released: 25 January 1946. Education: grammar school. Occupation: driver. Spouse: Virgie Estelle Powers married in 1944 in Alexandria, VA. (1923-2000) Father: Joseph Eligah Hooten, farmer, (1884-1960). Mother:…
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 24 January 1920, Las Animas, Colorado. Died: 18 August 2006, Twin Falls, Idaho. Enlisted: 16 January 1942, Salt Lake City, Utah. Education: two years high school. Occupation: Farming and in 1940 census he was employed as an attendant at a service station. Spouse: Betty (Elizabeth) Cora Sparks, married on 1…
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 1 January 1915, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Died: 2 November 2009, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Enlisted: 19 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Education: two years high school. Occupation: Printing and publishing and in 1940 census Martin was a laborer in a leather factory. Spouse: Lila Blank, married in 1947. Father: Martin F. Hoeft, Sr.,…
Alaska Highway, A Company. Born: 22 November 1918, Emery, Utah. Died: 5 September 1991, Salt Lake City, Utah. Enlisted: 16 January 1942, Salt Lake City, Utah. Released: 4 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Occupation: farmer. Spouse: Florene Duncan Hansen, married 17 May 1949, (1919-2010). Father: Andrew C. Hansen. Mother: Nora Abelin. LaVar retired…
Alaska Highway, A Company. Born: 18 March 1914, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Died: 12 December 1989, Appleton, Wisconsin. Enlisted: 22 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Released: 15 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Spouse: Agnella E. Leiby (1920-2003) Father: Peter Wolf Hanamann, worked in a Rye Mill. He was born in Germany (1878-1955). Mother: Theressa Zieg born in…