Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, 93rd Regimental Commander and 18th Regimental Commander in October 1942. Veteran WW1 and WW2. Born: 1 July 1888, McKinney Texas. Died: 5 February 1980, Santa Rosa, CA. He is buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, CA. Johnson assumed command of the 93rd Regiment on April 16, 1942. Military Register: Enlisted 5June 1917 Army Corps of Engineers;…
African American, H&S Company, Camp Livingston, LA, Alaska Highway. He was a mechanic with the regimental motor pool. Born: 12 May 1912, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died: 25 July 1959, Los Angeles, CA. Lived East Carroll County, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 and discharged 21 November 1945. Re-enlisted 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, MS. He was assigned to…
Alaska Highway, Company C, Corp of Engineers. Born: 3 Mar 1917, Detroit, Michigan. Died: 27 Mar 1992, San Diego, CA. Buried Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, California. Enlisted 15 Apr 1942 and released on 18 Dec 1945. He married Virginia Mae Wilson (1922-1996) on 4 May 1942 at Ft. Lawton Post Chapel, Seattle Washington before he reported to…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 18 (25) May 1918, Plain Dealing, Louisiana. Died: 4 October 1984, Bossier, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 4 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was Willie Shipp Haskins (1894-1948), farm laborer, and his mother was…
A man of color, Alaska Highway, Company A. Veteran of WWI and WWII. Born: 5 February 1896, Fleming, Ohio Died: 11 December 1986, Columbus, Georgia. Buried at Ft. Benning Post Cemetery in Georgia. On 5 August 1918 he enlisted at Marietta, Ohio in the National Army. He was a member of Company L of the 813 Pioneer Infantry which was activated at…
Alaska Highway, African American, Company D. Born: 19 May 1917, Greenville, Mississippi. Died: 1 November 2003, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted (1) 18 April 1941 and released 25 July 1945. Enlisted (2) 28 June 1946 and released 31 August 1962. Education: four years high school. He was married to Jewel B. Harris of Greenville, MS on 2 Sept…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. B: 1919, Savannah, GA. D: unknown. Enlisted into the Army on 14 Oct 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year of college. Civil Occupation: porter. He was raised as an orphan, but with one year of college under his belt he was equipped to learn a technical skill. He happened to…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 5 January 1917, Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Employed with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His father was Louis William France, a railroad track man, and his mother was Sarah Jane France. Serial #33065716 If you have…
DDS, Dental Corps First Battalion, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 November 1909, New York Died: 14 June 2005, Palo Alto, California. Enlisted in Army on 15 November 1940 and discharged 3 February 1946. His spouse was Gertrude Hershkowitz Anker 1913-2009. His father was Aaron Anker (1873-1956) and his mother was Anna Anker (1885-1979). Both were born in…
African American, Alaska Highway, B Company. Paul Francis of B Company said that Vincent was “well educated for a negro.”