Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 25 September 1916, Repleet, West VA. Died: 5 Feb 1979, West VA. Enlisted 23 January 1942 at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH. Released from the US Army on 7 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Spouse: Angeline Marie Zannino Crites, born 4 November 1925/26, married Hubert on 6 June 1946 in…
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 15 June 1918, West Virginia. Died: 11 March 1973, West Virginia. Enlisted: 23 January 1942, Ft. Hayes Columbus, OH. Released: 5 December 1945. Spouse: Avandelene Merel Harman, married 21 June 1947. Father: Homer Carl Cornell, 1890-1918. Mother: Maudie Mae Liston, 1897-1964.
Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 30 September 1918, Minnesota. Died: 7 February 1998, Washington. Enlisted: 7 January 1942, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. Education: grammar school, 8th grade. Occupation: farming, trucking. Spouse: Roberta Thompson Chavie, married 29 November 1945, 1920-2003. Father: Edward Chavie, farmer. Mother: Elizabeth Deroo.
Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 12 June 1920, Wisconsin. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 6 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Education: grammar school. Occupation: machine shop. Spouse: Adelene M. Lesczynski, married 11 December 1943, at Camp Sutton, NC. Another 340th soldier in Company B was a witness to their marriage-Marvin Gilb and his wife Margaret Kleine. Father: George W….
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 29 July 1917, Kentucky. Died: 17 April 1978, Kentucky. Enlisted: 9 September 1941, Louisville, KY. Released: 29 December 1945. Education: grammar school, 5th grade. Occupation: truck driver. In 1940 census he was listed as a farm laborer. Father: Homer Staples, tenant farmer, 1892-1954. Mother: Stella Edday Staples, ? – 1969.
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 16 August 1915, Minnesota. Died: 18 October 2007, Wisconsin. Enlisted: 12 January 1942, Ft. Sheridan, ILL. Education: four years high school. Occupation: miner, operates machines. In 1940 census he is listed as a stone worker at a granite quarry. Father: Andrew G. Stam, born in Sweden, and manager of granite…
Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 29 December 1914, Tennessee. Died: 4 March 1979, Kentucky. Enlisted: 6 January 1942, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Released: 5 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Occupation: painter, construction. In 1930 census he was listed as a farm laborer. Spouse: Bessie Mae Burgess Reynolds, married 28 June 1960, 1902-1990. Father: Luther Reynolds. …