Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Camp Livingston, 93rd Engineer Battalion. Born: unk. Died: unk. He was in the Army service for 24 years. He had a pass to go to town, Alexandria, LA. Black soldiers were only allowed to visit ‘Little Harlem’. He went to a Grog shop. He was arrested for intoxication. Once in jail he was beaten by…
Newspaper article 16 April 1942, Camp Livingston, LA, 93rd Engineer BN, Company B. He was selected to attend OCS.
Newspaper art 16 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, LA, 93rd Engr Bn, Co A. He was selected to attend OCS.
African American, 93rd Engineer Battalion, H&S Company, Camp Livingston, LA. Born: 1917. Enlisted 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. He was listed as a commercial artist and had 4 years of college. Newspaper art 16 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, La, 93 Engr Bn, H&S Co. He was selected to attend OCS.
African American, Alaska Highway, 93rd Engineers, Corps of Engineers – B: 1922. D: Unk. Enlisted 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field and choose to do basic at Camp Livingston, LA. Education 7th grade. He was placed with the engineers so he thought he would be working with Locomotives. He was in the medics.
Alaska Highway, Company C Commander, Civil Engineer. Born: 21 August 1911, Alabama Died: 22 November 2000, Alabama. Buried at Auburn Memorial Park. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn University] and after retirement from the Army, he taught industrial engineering at Auburn for fifteen years. He was one of the original officers in the cadre assigned to the…
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…