Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, Company D. Born: 31 Oct 1916, Panola, Mississippi. Died: 27 Aug 2002, Memphis, Shelby, TN. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and released from active duty on 22 November 1945. Education: Grammar school. Lived in Memphis, TN and in 1954 he was employed as a sheet metal worker. His father was Jairus M. Pratcher…
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway, Company B Commander. Born: 10 March 1906, Warsaw, Duplin, N.C. Died: 13 October 1982, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. Buried at Hollingsworth-Pollock-Wilson Cemetery in Warsaw, N.C. His father, Richard Franklin Pollock, was born in 1856 and died 1942. His mother, Nancy Ellen Pollock, was born in 1864 and died in…
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Commander of Company E, Electrical Engineer, Member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Born: 3 Jan 1915, Pennsylvania. Died: 31 Oct 1986, Florida. Enlisted in army on15 May 1941 and released 8 Jul 1945. He married Maxine McCullough in 1939. His mother, Lottie Frances Liddick, was born in 1897 and died 26…
Alaska Highway. B: unk, D: unk. During an interview with Lt Mortimer Squires, he told a story that Lt. Frank Perrin, a line officer, had a poker game every Saturday night in his tent. There was room for only eight players – first come first serve. In Helen M. Timberlake’s (Lt. Turner G. Timberlake’s fiancé) diary, Frank picked up their marriage license and…
Alaska Highway. Company E & Company H&S as S-4 Assistant Supply Officer. Born: 11 March 1918, Newbury Port, MA. Died: 16 October 2009, Mystic, CT. Married: Jane Clark Woodward on July 15,1944 (26 Mar 1921 – 19 Jan 2007). He graduated at Wakefield Massachusetts High School in 1939 and with free tuition he graduated in 1939 from MIT…
Alaska Highway, African American, Ranking NCO 93rd Regimental Operations, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, H&S Company. Born: 9 February 1919, Bolton, Hinds, Mississippi. Died: 21 December 2003, Jackson, Hinds, MS. Enlisted: 11 June 1941 at Jackson, MS. Education: four years of college. Lived in Hinds County, MS. He received a BA degree in economics from…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1919, Maryland. Died: 7 September 1998, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 Baltimore, MD and discharged 28 March 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: porter at Read’s Drug Store, and he is a retired postal worker. His father was Charles Nolan and his mother…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 Oct 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. He lived in New York County, NY. Education: one year high school. Serial #32177909 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S and E Company, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: 13 June 1922 Lafayette, LA. Died: 25 Apr 2009 Lafayette, LA, age 86. Buried at Fountain Memorial Cemetery, Lafayette, LA. Enlisted: 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL at age 17 and discharged 6 December 1945. His mother signed a release. Assigned…
A civilian with the Public Road Administration assigned to the 93rd Regiment. Most likely he was a master mechanic.