Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 17 June 1915, New Orleans, LA. Died: 30 June 1995, Brandon, Hillsborough, FL. Enlisted: 15 April 1942 (other enlistment date 17 September 1941) and discharged 30 December 1945. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: Bookkeeper and insurance adjuster. His father was Wilford H. Swinney, Sr, (1883-1980) Vice President Finance at…
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 27 November 1918, Pittsburgh, PA. Died: 28 January 2008, Marietta, OH. Enlisted: 1 December 1941 and discharged 5 June 1946. Education: Graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with Mechanical Engineering degree. His father was George Hill Molvie (1891-1967), an auditor for South Penn Oil Company. His mother was Edith J….
Alaska Highway. Company C and B. Born: 4 March 1919, Pittsburg, Allegheny, PA. Died: 22 March 1991, Clearwater, Pinellas, FL. Enlisted: 22 May 1941, Pennsylvania and discharged 10 February 1946, Camp Blanding, FL. Highest rank-Lt. Colonel. Education: Carnegie Institute of Technology with degree in civil engineering. ROTC, 2nd Lieutenant commission His father was John Henry…
Alaska Highway, Company C and H2 (Second Battalion). Born: 6 January 1913, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Died: 22 July 2000, La Verne, California. Education: 4 years at McKeesport High School. His 1940 draft card listed him as a Clerk in a pipe mill, National Tube Company. His father was George E. Kirk (1875-1970), office clerk. His mother…
African American. Company C. Alaska Highway. Born: 9 March 1919, Berlin, MD. Died: 6 August 1997, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 14 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: Butcher. His father was Thomas Marshall and his mother was Margire Newton. He lived with his grandparents, Sarah and Robert Marshall, in 1940. Serial…
African American. Company C. Alaska Highway. Born: 27 December 1918, Golden Hill, Dorchester, MD. Died: 7 March 2006, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. His father was Hansel W. Meekins, a farm laborer and his mother was Marry C. Meekins. Serial #33068335 If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 22 March 1917, Kings, NY. Died: 27 January 1989, Brooklyn, Kings, NY. Enlisted: 4 February 1942, Camp Upton, Yaphank, NY. The 97th segregated engineer regiment arrived to Valdez on 29 April 1942. There was three feet of snow on the ground. Lt. Geier joined this regiment in April 1943. He…
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 14 February 1915, Ft. Wayne, Allen, Indiana. Died: 29 December 1999, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO. Civilian occupation: Foreman, Falstaff Brewery. In 1940 census he was a clerk at a retail grocery store. Education: four years high school. The segregated 97th Regiment landed in Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942….
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 9 September 1919, Asotin County, Washington. Died: 6 September 2006, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona. His headstone reads “A Great Leader”. Enlisted: 16 September 1942 and discharged on 6 June 1946. Highest rank Lt. Colonel. Veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Education: State College of Washington. Military Register: (NGUS FA Capt 14…
Alaska Highway. Company C. Born: 1 May 1918, Nome, Alaska. Died: 24 May 1998, Auburn, King, WA. Enlisted: 16 September 1942 and discharged 2 May 1946. Education: University of Washington. Civilian occupation: Civil Engineer and in the 1940 census he was listed as an Ironworker apprentice for building construction. The 97th Engineers arrived in Valdez,…