Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 13 October 1919, Weldon, North Carolina. Died: 28 September 1995, District of Columbia. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD and released 13 October 1978. Education: 4 years high school. Civilian employment: Employer Mr. T.O. Toman. He worked at the Navy Yard Lunch Room, District of Columbia. His wife…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 2 May 1921 (1919), Sugarlock, Kemper County, MS. Died: 14 August 1985, Portland, Multnomah, OR. Enlisted: 19 November 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 12 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Will Johnson (1897-1941) and his mother was Ethel J. Page (1899-1995)….
African American. Company A. Alaska Highway. Born: 19 June 1906, Columbia, Caldwell, LA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941 Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook at Theo Coffee Shop. His mother was Laura Fluritt, a dishwasher in a hotel. In 1920 census, she was a widow. Serial #34030198 If you have…
Alaska Highway. Company A and First Battalion HQ. Veteran WW2 and Korea. Born: 23 July 1914, Chicago, Cook, IL. Died: 4 April 1999, Laramie, Albany, WY. Enlisted: (1) 8 January 1942 and discharged 21 March 1946. (2) 19 July 1951 and discharged 18 December 1952. Highest rank: Lt. Colonel USAR. Education: four years college at…
Alaska Highway. Company F and A. Born: 18 December 1909, Elkins Park, Montgomery, PA. Died: 2 June 1962, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 20 February 1942, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Discharged: 17 December 1945. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: purchasing agent. The 97th Engineers landed in Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942. Two to three…
Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 13 September 1917, Maryland. Died: 27 October 1970, Fulton county, GA. Enlisted: 18 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: construction foreman. His father was Thomson King Sr, an electrical engineer (1885-1972). His mother was Katharine Bowie Duckett King (1886-1961) and his brother was Cdr Richard Duckett…
Alaska Highway. Company A and B. Born: 30 September 1920, Shreveport, LA. Died: 16 November 2014, Ft. Worth, TX. Enlisted: 1941. He attended the college of engineering at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and was a 1st Lt. with the ROTC, Company B. On April 29, 1942, Lt. Hart with Company A of the…
Alaska Highway. Company C and A. Born: 26 March 1916, Columbus, Muscogee, GA. Died: 8 October 1976, Dekalb County, GA. Enlistment and discharge dates are unknown. He went to college for four years. Second Lt. Gordy was assigned to Company C with the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. They landed in Valdez, Alaska on 29 April…
Alaska Highway. Motor Officer Company A. Born: 15 February 1915, Roanoke, VA. Died: 23 October 1999, Lexington, VA. Buried Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, VA. Enlisted: 5 March 1942 and discharged 24 March 1946. In 1940 he was in his third year of college for a degree in engineering. In April 1942 he and the 97th…
Alaska Highway. 1LT in Company A and in July was transferred to H&S Company. Born: 18 May 1909, Italy. Immigrated to the United States on 8 May 1914. Died: 17 July 1987, NY. Buried at St. Anthony Cemetery, Schenectady, NY. Enlisted: 25 April 1941. Discharged: 3 July 1962. He was an officer in the segregated…