Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, Company H&S. Born: 13 September1920, Grimes, County, TX. Died: 10 December 2006, Houston, TX. Enlisted: 15 January 1942 at Ft. Sam Houston, TX and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: construction and road work laborer. His father was Frank Washington and his mother was F.E. Flanigan….
African American, Company C, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1916, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 24 September 2001, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver and in 1940 he was a cook at a restaurant. His father was John Baptist Roux (1873-1933), a printer for…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 15 June 1914, Jackson, LA. Died: 10 May 1978, Berkeley, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 24 September 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Johnnie Quiet and his mother was Nellie Johnson. His wife is Emma Quiet, married her in 1940….
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 4 December 1919, Louisiana. Died: 13 March 2007, Lafayette, LA. Enlisted: 16 Mach 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: driver truck, farm laborer and a cook on the Highway. His father was Laster Prejean and his mother was…
African American, Company D, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 July 1919, Maryland. Died: 7 September 1998, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 Baltimore, MD and discharged 28 March 1945. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: porter at Read’s Drug Store, and he is a retired postal worker. His father was Charles Nolan and his mother…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 January 1921, New Orleans, LA. Died: 30 August 1996, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 30 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: laborer sugar cane farm. His father was Severan Lawson and his…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 25 October 1912, Mansura, LA. Died: 15 June 1978, Marksville, Avoyelles, LA. Enlisted:12 April 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 4 October 1943 at Walla Walla, WA. Education: 8th grade. He married Rose Houston Jones in 1934 (1920-1996) and lived in Marksville, Avoyelles, LA. He worked…
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…
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…