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Alaska Highway, Company B
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Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 17 December 1916, California. Died: 22 May 1999, California. Enlisted: 7 April 1941, LA, California. Education: one year college. Occupation: sales clerk. Father: John Brumana, born in Italy and worked at a grain depot. Mother: Rosie Ybarra.
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 22 April 1916, Wyoming. Died: 7 March 1973, Wyoming. Enlisted: 10 January 1942. Released: 4 December 1945. Education: two years high school. Occupation: stationary engineer coal mine. Spouse: Ann L. Demshar, 1912-1994. Father: John Jacob Bastalich, born in Yugoslavia, 1887-1959, blacksmith coal mine. Mother: Sophia Zelenka, born in Yugoslavia, 1886-1941.
Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 19 September 1913, Newbury Port, Massachusetts. Died: 22 April 1968, Massachusetts. Enlisted: 25 November 1942, Massachusetts. Released: 12 March 1946. Education: one year college. Spouse: Pauline Mary Mutty, married 12 December 1942, Ft. Belvoir, VA. Father: Arthur Duncan Marston, carpenter, 1886-?. Mother: Eicelle May Jackson, 1890-?.
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 18 November 1920, New Mexico. Died: 8 Jan 2001, Colorado. Enlisted: 12 May 1942, Ft. Bliss, Texas. Education: four years college. Occupation: Civil Engineer. Engineer Equipment Maintenance and Repair Officer. Spouse: Sue Weymouth Lewis, married 29 July 1942. Father: Arthur Bryan Wimberly. Mother: Helen McBride Sears.
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 3 May 1920, Masontown, West Virginia. Died: February 2016, Vancouver, Washington. Education: BS Electrical Engineer from University of West Virginia.Occupation: Electrical engineer for ALCOA in Vancouver. Retired 1983 Westinghouse. Spouse: Barbara “Bobby” F. Hall.
Alaska Highway, Company B Commander. Born: 5 January 1915, Cleveland, Ohio. Died: 19 October 1987, California. Enlisted: 31 July 1941. Released: 3 March 1946. Education: 1940 census, two years college. Spouse: Vivian D. Ormsby, 1916-2002. Father: Robert Lucius Ormsby, 1882-1964. Mother: Clara F. Vogler, principal public school, 1887-1920.
Alaska Highway, Company A