Burdett, James B. – Chief Warrant Officer
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Category: 340th Regiment
Lawler, Vincent R. – 2nd Lt.
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Farmer, Sidney F. – 1st Lt.
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Jones, Edward C. – 1st Lt.
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Kucera, Emil J. – 1st Lt.
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Robertson, Eugene C. – Capt.
Alaska Highway, H&S Company
Jake’s Corner?
The 340th second battalion, over 800 men, left Skagway for Carcross and began their march to Teslin River. With limited heavy equipment they were ferried across Tagish River to continue marching past the 93rd Motor Pool at Jakes Corner.
340th Route
The 340th Regiment landed in Skagway on April 25th. One battalion went to Whitehorse and the other battalion stayed in Skagway until after the Dutch Harbor bombing in early June.
340th Military Personnel
The 340th Engineers was a new regiment activated at Vancouver Barracks, Washington on 5 March 1942. The nucleus of this unit was a cadre of seven officers and 72 enlisted men from the 18th Combat Engineers who arrived on 9 March 1942. Another cadre of 62 enlisted men from Ft. Francis E. Warren also arrived…
340th Regiment History 2
The rapidly expanding Corps of Engineers, activated the 340th Regiment at Vancouver Barracks in March of 1942, ‘seeding it’ with a small cadre of officers from the 18th Combat Engineer Regiment. On March 9, sixty-two enlisted men from Fort Francis E. Warren joined them and in short order several hundred more arrived from Fort Leonard…