Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 July 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 1 April 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: laundering, cleaning, dyeing, pressing. His father was Anderson Corner, stevedore steam ships, and his mother…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 March 1915 (1916), Hemingway, SC. He lived in Patrick County, VA. Died: 14 July 2001, Detroit, Michigan. Enlisted: 10 October 1941, Roanoke, VA and discharged 30 November 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer, employed by The Imperial Tobacco Co., Ltd. His father was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 November 1917, Green County, Jefferson, AL. Died: 26 April 1995, Seattle, King, WA. Enlisted: 13 May 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed by R.C. Cadden with Western Grain Company. His father was James T. Cook and his mother…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 November 1918, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: 27 December 1996, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941 in Baltimore, MD and discharged 14 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: employed by Eric Hintze. His father was Joseph L. Collins and his mother was Mary F. Stewart. His aunt was…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 January 1919, Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana. Died: 26 April 1982, Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His mother was Elizabeth Coleman. Serial #34072623 If you have information about…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 February 1918, Oxford, Mississippi. He lived in Quitman County, MS. Died: 11 July 1991. Enlisted: 18 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Miner Coleman, farm laborer and his mother was Luefiler (Lucille)…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 June 1915, Hardemen County, TN. Died: 36 March 1952, Humbolt, Gibson, TN. He died from gun shot (pistol) wounds to his chest and abdomen. It was ruled a homicide. Enlisted: 6 August 1941, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: he…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 11 December 1917, Broussard, Louisiana. Died: 5 November 1992, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida and discharged 22 September 1945. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: kitchen worker in hotel or restaurant and porter. His father was Joseph Charles, laborer…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. BorN; 23 July 1922, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 24 April 2006, Calumet City, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 2 July 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: kitchen worker hotel/restaurants. His father was Eugene Carter and his mother was Rosie L. Hearn. Serial…
African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 February 1909, New Orleans, LA. Died: 7 October 1961, East Baton Rouge, LA. Enlisted: 21 May 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: in 1930 census he was a longshoreman for a River Dock and in 1940 he was employed by E.A. Farley, a…