93rd Military Personnel
The segregated troops of the 93rd Engineer Regiment who built 240 miles of the Alcan Highway felt that their work did not receive any public recognition in comparison with that of other units on the highway.
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93rd Regiment
The armed services of the United States expanded as fast as possible during the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Few among the country’s civilian and military leaders doubted that war was imminent. Among thousands and then tens of thousands of new recruits who poured into the Army were thousands of black men, and they presented…
A History of Segregated Engineers
The armed services of the United States expanded as fast as possible during the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Few among the country’s civilian and military leaders doubted that war was imminent. Among thousands and then tens of thousands of new recruits who poured into the Army were thousands of black men, and these segregated…
Black Soldiers on the ALCAN, the 93rd
On February 10, 1941 the segregated 93rd Engineer Battalion was activated with a small cadre of white officers at Camp Livingston in Louisiana. By May of 1942 this Battalion, now a General Service Regiment, was in Carcross, Yukon Territory under the command of Colonel Frank M. Johnson. They were the first of three black Engineering Regiments…