Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 February 1913, Lauderdale, St. James, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: three years high school. On his WWII draft card, he worked for the U.S. Engineer Office 2nd District, Asphalt Sinking Plant. in 1940 he also worked as a…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 October 1918, Tallahassee, Leon County, FL. Died: July 1971. Enlisted: 20 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur, truck driver. Employed by L. S. Morris. His father was Rufus (Rupert) Jones, a painter. His mother was Mary Lee Jones, general maid…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 August 1916, Tunica county, MS. Died: 2 December 2003, Memphis, TN. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34046765 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 May 1920 McLeod, Mississippi. Died: 24 June 2007, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farm laborer. His father was Dan Jones, a farm laborer, and his mother was Rose “Sadie” Robinson. Serial #34046497 If you have information…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 October 1906, Sunflower County, MS. Died: 18 August 1983, Flint, Genesee, MI. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 30 June 1945. Education: two years education. Civilian occupation: mechanic motor vehicles. Serial #34048807 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 November 1914, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 24 November 1945, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 24 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Roland Johnson, farm laborer. Serial #34046304 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1916, Tunica County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. Serial #34046781 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 April 1919, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Died: 10 May 2008, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD. Enlisted: 12 August 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 11 January 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and laborer general work with NYA. His mother was Mary Isabel Johnson. Mary…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1919, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. Died: 20 September 2005, Oxford, Chenango, NY. Enlisted: 15 August 1941 Buffalo, New York and discharged 25 December 1943. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: general farming, laborer WPA. His father was Charles Phillip Johnson and his mother was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 March 1916, Orangeburg, SC. He lived in Bloxom, Accomack County, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 August 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 13 August 1946. Education: grammar school. His sister was Annie Lawrence. Serial #33097569 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE