Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and B. Born: 20 April 1918, Mt. Vernon, NY. Died: 6 August 2001, Dana Point, Orange, CA. Enlisted: 8 April 1941, Los Angeles, CA. Retired from service 31 October 1961. He went to the University of California in Los Angeles. In the 1940 census it is recorded that he was employed…
Alaska Highway. Company B and F. Born: 23 July 1915, Washington. Died: 22 January 1953, Seattle, WA. He was a 2Lt in ROTC at University of Iowa and received his engineering degree at the same university. Second Lt. Robinson was with Company B with the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. He and the 97th landed at…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and B. Born: 3 April 1916, Roseville Village, Muskingum County, OH. Died: 2 October 1999, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. He attended Ohio State University and joined ROTC. As a reserve officer, in 1939, he participated in two weeks training with the 5th Corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In 1942 he was…
Alaska Highway. Captain, Company B and H&S. Born: 5 June 1912, New Mexico. Died: 28 June 1985, Bethel, Fairfield, CT. Enlisted: 1 May 1941, Ft. Belvoir, VA and Discharged 3 April 1946. Education: He attended Sewanee University, TN, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts with a degree in Chemical…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 17 July 1915, Luray, Page, VA. Died: 30 June 1965, NJ. Enlisted: 22 April 1942. Discharged: 26 July 1945. Education: grammar school. His parents are Sarah M. and Nelson Fields. His sister was Emma Francis Smith. Serial #33084248 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 31 January 1914, New York. Died: 6 September 1953. Orangetown, NY. Enlisted: 31 July 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, New York. Discharged: 29 December 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was John Love and his mother was Fannie Love. Serial #32163082 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1919, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer. Serial #34096828 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1923, South Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 27 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer sawmill. Serial #34096838 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 13 May 1919, Rome, Georgia. Died: 11 March 1951, Rochester, PA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farmer and also worked for Richmond Radiator Company. His mother was Selena Howell and father was Oscar Montgomery. Serial #34062701 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 12 February 1911, Camilla, GA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 April, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: machinists and in 1930 census recorded as a laborer ship building. Mother was Bertha Brown. Serial #34051090 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE