Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
On August 15, 1941, my father, Turner “Timber” Timberlake and Ted Laputka, brand new 2nd Lieutenants, found themselves assigned to Company D of the 1307th Quartermaster Unit at Camp Lee, Virginia. They became best friends. Ted was dating Audrey “Mac” McNiff, a coed at Jackson College in Boston. Mac visited Ted frequently at Camp Lee. …
In 1942 the United States Army Corps of Engineers built 1500 miles of pioneer road from Dawson Creek, British, Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska. They built it through the most difficult geography and climate in North America, and they did it in just 8 months. Christine’s father served in the 93rd General Service Engineering Regiment, one…