Hanson, Ray A.
Alaska Highway, Company A
Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 9 May 1904, New Jersey. Died: 5 January 1991, New Jersey. Enlisted: 20 July 1942, Newark, New Jersey. Education: three years high school. Occupation: Bookkeeper. Father: Hermon J. Giesen, born in Germany and worked as superintendant in a silk mill. Mother: Amelia Giesen, born in New York.
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 11 November 1916, Waterman, Illinois. Died: 18 January 1994, Rockford, Illinois. Enlisted: 16 January 1942, Camp Grant, Illinois. Education: one year high school. Occupation: Painter and in 1940 census Machine operator at bed spring manufacturer. Spouse: Hellen Elizabeth Jones. Father: Edward Garman worked as a contractor. Mother: Alma Moeller.
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 29 May 1916, Texas. Died: 20 December 2006, Texas. Enlisted: 12 February 1942, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Education: three years high school. Occupation: General farming. Father: John Galetka. Mother: Thersa.
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 22 November 1921, Minnesota. Died: 24 May 1985, Seattle, Washington. Enlisted: 30 December 1941, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. Released: 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school, 8th grade. Occupation: Baker. Father: Wilmar Frye, laborer road work. Mother: Dorothy Lantz.
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 3 February 1917, West Virginia. Died: 5 August 2001, Portage, Ohio. Enlisted 23 January 1942, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Education: one year college. Education: manufacture leather and farming. Father: David Maxon Ferguson, foreman WSA Road Construction, (1887-1958) and Mother: Savannah E. Strawman/Straudumann (1893-?).
Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 7 December 1916, West Virginia. Died: 17 March 1998, West Virginia. Enlisted: 23 January 1942, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Released: 7 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Spouse: Virginia Katherine Baughman, married on 1 December 1966 (1929-1967). Father: Issac Newton Dove (1874-1947) and Mother: Viola V. Wilkins (1883-1946).