Kaufman, Joseph E. Sgt.
Newspaper art 16 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, LA, 93rd Engr Bn, Co A. He was selected to attend OCS.
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Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Newspaper art 16 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, LA, 93rd Engr Bn, Co A. He was selected to attend OCS.
93rd Engineer BN, Camp Livingston. Born: 4 May 1919, VA. Died: 3 May 1968, NC. Buried Elizabeth City, NC. Enlisted in the Army 13 May 1941. Education – 4 years college. Teacher. Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Jordon. Newspaper art 16 Apr 1942, Camp Livingston, LA 93rd Engr Bn, Co A. He was selected to attend OCS….
Alaska Highway, 93rd Regimental Commander and 18th Regimental Commander in October 1942. Veteran WW1 and WW2. Born: 1 July 1888, McKinney Texas. Died: 5 February 1980, Santa Rosa, CA. He is buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, CA. Johnson assumed command of the 93rd Regiment on April 16, 1942. Military Register: Enlisted 5June 1917 Army Corps of Engineers;…
African American, H&S Company, Camp Livingston, LA, Alaska Highway. He was a mechanic with the regimental motor pool. Born: 12 May 1912, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died: 25 July 1959, Los Angeles, CA. Lived East Carroll County, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 and discharged 21 November 1945. Re-enlisted 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, MS. He was assigned to…
Alaska Highway.H & S Company and Commander of Company F. Born: 2 July 1914, Tennessee Died: 12 April 1987, Fairfax, VA. He was one of the original cadre officers with the 93rd Engineer Battalion at Camp Livingston and continued with the 93rd Regiment to the Alaska Highway inYukon Territory. He studied electrical engineering at University of…
Alaska Highway. H&S Company, Exec Officer and 2nd Battalion Commander. Veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Born: 24 April 1915, PA. Died: 30 Sept 1984, FL. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, FL. Enlisted 12 June 1936 and released in 1 July 1965. Retired as a Colonel. Education: West Point graduate, 1936 and MS engineering degree from…
Alaska Highway, Company A and F. Corps of Engineers. Born: 1 March 1918, Wisconsin. Died: 4 April 1984, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Enlisted on 15 April 1942 and was released on 28 Feb 1946. Education: In 1940 census, he had completed his first year of college. His father, Carl Iverson, was born in 1890 and died in 1962. He earned…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 20 March 1919, DeSoto Parish, LA. Died: 17 June 1973, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Virgil Hudson, Sr. His mother was Bellzola “Bessie” Hudson. When he…
Alaska Highway, Company C, Corp of Engineers. Born: 3 Mar 1917, Detroit, Michigan. Died: 27 Mar 1992, San Diego, CA. Buried Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, California. Enlisted 15 Apr 1942 and released on 18 Dec 1945. He married Virginia Mae Wilson (1922-1996) on 4 May 1942 at Ft. Lawton Post Chapel, Seattle Washington before he reported to…
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 18 (25) May 1918, Plain Dealing, Louisiana. Died: 4 October 1984, Bossier, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 4 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was Willie Shipp Haskins (1894-1948), farm laborer, and his mother was…