Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Headquarters, 95th Engineer Regiment and 368th Engineers, European Theater Operations. Born: 6 November 1908, Lancaster, PA. Died: 4 April 1981, Lancaster, PA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Belvoir, VA and discharged 25 December 1945. Retired from US Army Reserves in 1962. During the war he served with the 95th Engineer Regiment in Alaska…
Alaska Highway. Company D Commander, 95th Engineer Regiment. Born: 30 June 1908, Frederick, Jefferson County, MD. Died: 24 January 1987, Silver Spring, MD. Enlisted: 29 March 1941 and discharged 17 March 1946. He retired from US Army Reserves in July 1968. Highest rank – Major. Education: college four years, engineer. His father was Roy Milton…
Alaska Highway. Company F Commander, 95th Engineer Regiment. Born: 17 January 1917, Manhattan, New York. Died: 13 November 1991, Benton, Oregon. Enlisted: 5 July 1939 and discharged 16 February 1946. Education: New York University, graduated 1938, engineer. His father was Charles Berne (1886-1962), a public accountant and his mother was Elsie Levy (1890-1982). He married…
Alaska Highway, Company C Commander, 95th Engineer Regiment and served in 1312th General Service Engineer Regiment, New Guinea and Luzon, SW Pacific Theater. Born: 21 June 1912, Norfolk, Virginia. Died: 9 February 1975, Machiasport, Washington County, Maine. He enlisted in 1941 and re-up’d on 23 July 1947 Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. He retired 30…
Alaska Highway and European Theater Operations. 95th Engineer Regiment. Born: 22 August 1911, Charleston, MO. Died: 11 March 2003. Asheville, NC. His father was Frank M. Thompson and his mother was Rubye Martin. Education: BS degree Civil Engineer at University of Missouri in 1935. MS degree Civil Engineer at Harvard University in 1940. He married…
Alaska Highway. 95th Regimental Commander. Veteran WW1 and WW2. Born: 27 August 1891, New York. Died: 24 November 1944, Marion County, Ohio. His father was Max Neuman (1857-1927) and his mother was Ernestine Rosette (1856-1936). He married Ruth I. Cott (1902-1972) on 4 September 1929 in Franklin, Ohio. The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio), Saturday 25…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 19 January 1917, Washington, DC. Died: 26 January 1947, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 17 May 1941, Philadelphia, PA and discharged 21 September 1945. He transferred to 1697th Engineers. Education: two years high school. Civilian Occupation: Clerk. His father was Charles I. Smith, born in NY and died 14 January…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 10 October 1908, Houseville, NC. Died: 27 June 1981, New Kent County, VA. Enlisted: 19 May 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 28 September1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: plumber, gas/steam fitter. His father was Thomas Yeates and his mother was Lillie Valentine. He married Ora Virginia Conley on…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 25 December1917, Culpepper County, VA. Died: 8 November 1977, Manassas, VA. He died from crush injuries when struck by a truck. Enlisted: 1941 and re-enlisted 6 November 1945, Regular Army, Signal Corps, Camp Claibourne, LA. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: construction laborer and also recorded a laboratory technician….
African American. Alaska Highway. Born: 5 November 1918, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 6 July 1998, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Enlisted: 18 July 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 16 September 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: laborer at Matagorda Plantation, MS. His father was John H. Williams, farm laborer and his mother…