Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, 1st BN. Born: 8 December 1905, Monroe, Wisconsin. Died: 9 April 1993, Sante Fe, New Mexico. His spouse was Freda June Dexter from Dubuque, Iowa. They married on 3 September 1937. In the 1930 census he was listed as an engineer for a gas and electric company. He enlisted in the Army on…
African American Chaplain, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 June 1907, Appomattox, VA Died: 10 May, 2000, Toledo, OH. Buried at National Arlington Cemetery. He married Beatrice Mable Clark (1916-1955) in 1937 and in June 1957 married his second wife Lee Hawkins. He received his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall of 1959 and taught at…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 25 October 1920, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana. Died: 7 March 1997, Clearlake Park, Lake, California. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Waiter. He was the orderly and driver for Capt. Robert P. Boyd, Company C Commander. His father was Willie Levester Anding…
Alaska Highway. Surgeon, Medical Corps, First Battalion. Born: 4 October 1904, Lithuania, and immigrated in 1911. Died: 19 October 1981, New York. His spouse was Helen Ocko Altman (1908-1995), a teacher. Jacob and Helen were married on 27 December 1936. Lt. Squires of the 93rd described Dr. Altman as a very short man, shorter than…