Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1921, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 October 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: forestry, in 1940 census Arthur was employed at a CCC camp. Serial #34064321 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1916, GA. Died: 24 July 1986, Cincinnati, OH. Enlisted: 24 Jun 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: laborer cotton mill. Serial #34062370 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 1 December 1923, GA. Died: 28 November 1980, Cincinnati, OH. Enlisted: 24 Jun 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: one year high school. Serial #34062301 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 19 November 1919, FL. Died: 1987, Hillsborough, FL. Enlisted: 16 August 1940, Jacksonville, FL, Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Spouse: Disie L. Locklear. Serial #14013648 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 25 December 1918, Warren, NC. Died: 22 March 1984, VA. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer Public Works. His father was John Lee, a farmer, and his mother was Mable Kearney Lee. Spouse: Lois Wiggins Lee. Serial #34032778 If you…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 13 October 1913, TN. Died: 2 May 1991, TN. Enlisted: 25 March 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. Discharged: 12 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Carter, married 3 October 1988. Serial #34039837 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 22 January 1922, Charleston, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 October 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: waiter. His father Herbert Keith worked as a coal loader in a coal mine. Serial #34161089 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 17 August 1916, Kinston, NC. Died: 28 July 1996, NC. Enlisted: 27 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Discharged: 8 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: WW2 draft card reports employed by E.V. Webb Tobacco Co. His father was Thomas Hines, Sr. and mother Alice Hines. Serial #34032428…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 22 April 1918, Lewisville, NC. Died: 15 November 1966. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: WW2 draft card reports that he was employed with W.P.A. His father was John Harding and mother Emma Hamley Harding. Spouse: Louise Bailey married on 15 December…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 29 July 1921, GA. Died: 11 April 1994, OH. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 10 October 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: farming, crane and tower operator. His father was Jasper Hudgins and mother Mattie Marsteller Hudgins. Serial #34062812 If you have…