Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 4 March 1914, Nansemond, VA. Died: 17 July 1976, Suffolk, VA. Enlisted: 13 August 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 18 October 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian Occupation: Construction worker at Charles H. Shotton and Company. His father was Charles E. Howell, a cement finisher, and his…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 8 January 1923, Augusta County, Staunton, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 April 1941, Richmond, VA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 24 October 1945. Education: three years high school. His father was George E. Fisher, laborer at odd jobs and a waiter. His mother was Gertrude A….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 9 August 1922, Norfolk, VA. Died: 2 April 1994, Norfolk, VA. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Richmond, VA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 31 December 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: carpenter and in 1954 he was a storekeeper. His father was William Lloyd Dillard…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 February 1908, Virginia. Died: 4 February 1968, Middlesex, VA. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 18 September 1945. Originally assigned to 95th Engineers and later transferred to 1697th Engineers. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: construction worker/carpenter. His father was Eli Patterson Carter (1869-1923), a farmer…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 17 January 1918, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 July 1941, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: musician and music teacher. His father was Samuel Carter, Sr, a butler for a private family and his mother was Lola E. Carter. Serial…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 3 April 1918, Franklin, Sampson County, NC. Died: 6 August 1983, Franklin, Macon, NC. Enlisted: 10 July 1941, Ft. Jay Governors Island, NY and discharged 30 September 1945. Education: grammar School. His father was James Coy Boykin (1879-1948), farmer, and his mother was Callie D. Boykin Robinson (1889-1974)….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 31 January 1915, Caroline County, VA. Died: 12 August 2017, Glen Allen, VA. Enlisted: 5 December 1941, Richmond, VA. He was a surveyor for the 95th Regiment. Education: four years college, graduate of Virginia State University in mathematics and science. He was a math and science teacher for…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 13 December 1910, Washington DC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver, employed by Mr. Chas Heitmuller (union market). He married Regina Day on 9 January 1930 in Washington DC. Serial #33063629 If you have information about this…
Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 28 March 1914, New York. Died: December 1976, Coram, Suffolk, New York. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: routeman and in 1940 he was a auto garage worker. His father was James Barron born in South American and a gardener at a private…
African American. Alaska Highway. Veteran WW2 and Korea. H&S Company. Born: 29 December 1921, Timmonsville, SC. Died: 1 January 1982, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted (1) 15 December 1941 and discharged 22 September 1945 from the Alaska Highway Project. (2) Re-enlisted 31 January 1946, NY and discharged 31 January 1963, Regular Army. Education: two years high school….