Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, Lincoln County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: driver, chauffeur and filling station attendant. In 1930 census he lived with his grandparents, Sam and Mariah Weatherly. Sam was a carpenter. In the 1940 census he lived with…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 March 1912, Shreveport, LA. Died: 14 April 2008, Tacoma, WA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. Education: grammar school. Occupation: unskilled transportation and in 1930 census he is a laborer for a steam railaroad. His parents were Sam and Carrie Moore. Serial #34072612 If you…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 February 1913, Wake County, North Carolina. Died: 19 February 1966, Durham, NC. Enlisted: 12 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: mechanic, repairman, employed at Montgomery Ward Co, and truck driver. His father was Thomas Montague (1885-1968), carpenter helper, and his mother was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1916, Plant City, Florida. Died: 1985. Enlisted: 21 August 1941, Ft. Jackson Columbia, SC. Education: four years college. Civil occupation: teacher. His father was Sam Mitchell and mother was Beatrice. Serial # 34096593 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 June (1918)1919, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 10 September 2000, Montgomery, AL. Enlisted: 4 October 1941 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Education: grammar school. Education: cement and concrete finisher. He married Gussie Pearl Biggs on 23 June 1946 and his second wife, Lillie Jarett Milligan (1921-2008), he married on 21…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, Copiah County, MS. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 23 July 1941 at Jackson, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His enlistment record states medical department branch. Serial # 14054390 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 October 1915, Woodland, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Died: 18 June 2001, Jackson, TN. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 27 April 1945. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: farm laborer. His father was Emmit McKinney, farm laborer and his mother was Jullia “July”…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 November 1918, Rockdale, Milam, Texas. Died: 13 February 1999, Austin, TX. Enlisted: 14 January 1942 at Ft. Sam Houston, TX and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: store clerk. In 1940 census he worked with his father at the City Department. His…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 December 1916, Johnston, North Carolina. Died: 5 June 1981, Durham, NC. Enlisted: 29 Mar 1941 at Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: farm laborer. His father was James Sr., a tenant farmer, and his mother was Callie. He had a brother Fred and…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 September 1917, Sprott Perry, Alabama. Died: 6 December 2006, Sprott Perry, AL. Enlisted: 8 May 1941, Ft. McClellan, Alabama and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Temo Henry Martin (1884-1944), farm laborer, and his mother was Aurelia G. Cureton…