Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company E. Born: 6 March 1917, Statesville, NC. Died: 8 February 2001, Boulder, CO. Enlisted: 31 August 1940 and discharged 31 August 1945. He was with the National Guard and eventually received a commission at the officers training school at Fort Belvoir, VA. Education: college one year. Civilian occupation: Employed at Hadley Hardware…
Alaska Highway. Company F. Born: 18 December 1913, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Died: 4 February 1972, Sarasota, FL. Enlisted: 19 March 1942 and discharged 18 March 1946. He was a Civil Engineer. In 1940 his draft card records employment at the War Department U.S. Engineers. His father was Louis (Lewis) Paquette (1879-1962), a machinist in a…
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 B. Born: 28 September 1919, New Orleans, LA. Died: 28 March 1995, Columbia, Richland, SC. Enlisted: 1 July 1941 and discharged 13 July 1945. Education: He completed two years of college at Louisiana State University. His father was John Mathias Jenny (1882-1944), an accountant. His mother was Mary Agnes “Mae” Mooney (1887-1981)….
Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 14 April 1912, Louisville, Jefferson, KY. Died: 2 March 1987, Louisville, Jefferson, KY. He was a first Lieutenant in the reserve when he entered the Army on June 12, 1941. He was promoted to Captain on 5 October 1942 and discharged on Christmas Day in 1945. He and his brother…
Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 12 November 1917, Zelienople, Butler County, PA. Died: 19 January 2002, Burlington, Almance County, NC. Enlisted: 13 November 1941, Ft. Niagara, NY and discharged 22 January 1946. Education: Graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with degree in Mechanical Engineering. His father was Henry Augustus Peter Grabman (1884-1945), a plumber. His…
Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 3 October 1917, Knoxville, TN. Died: 8 August 2005, Knoxville, TN. Enlisted: 28 February 1942 and discharged November 15, 1945. Education: In 1940 census, he was in his first year at University of TN. His father was Donald Robert Bailey (1881-1959) who worked with Southern Railroad as a coach carpenter…
Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: 15 June 1914, Chicago, Illinois. Died; 15 January 1994, Orange, California. Education: 5 years college with engineering degree. His 1940 draft card lists his civilian occupation as an engineer with CCC Camp Hubbard Ranch, US Department of Interior Grazing Service, Elko, Nevada. In California he was chief of the US…
Alaska Highway. HQ and made payroll for the entire regiment from May 1942 to October 1942. Born: 16 February 1916, Shamokin, Northumberland, PA. Died: 5 December 1987, Morristown, NJ. Enlisted 12 August 1941, Pennsylvania and discharged 26 December 1945. Education: Graduated from Tamaqua H.S. in 1934 and Penn State University in 1941. Civilian Occupation: Employed…
Alaska Highway. H&S Company and Section HQ at Fort St. John, Canada. Born: 18 March 1909, Spencer, Henry County, VA. Died: 10 October 1985, Stuart, Patrick County, VA. Enlisted 6 May 1942 and discharged 19 Juine 1946. Education: Four years college with engineering degree. His draft card lists his civilian occupation in the US Department…