Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, African American, Company D. Born: 19 May 1917, Greenville, Mississippi. Died: 1 November 2003, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted (1) 18 April 1941 and released 25 July 1945. Enlisted (2) 28 June 1946 and released 31 August 1962. Education: four years high school. He was married to Jewel B. Harris of Greenville, MS on 2 Sept…
African American, Company A. Born: 22 May 1919 LA. and Died: 26 May 2003 Perris, CA. He had two years of college and occupation was a mechanic when he enlisted in the Army on 13 Jan 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. He was with the Corps of Engineers. In 1940 census records, Carrie Jenkins head of household…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. B: 1919, Savannah, GA. D: unknown. Enlisted into the Army on 14 Oct 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year of college. Civil Occupation: porter. He was raised as an orphan, but with one year of college under his belt he was equipped to learn a technical skill. He happened to…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company A. Born: 5 January 1917, Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 12 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Employed with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His father was Louis William France, a railroad track man, and his mother was Sarah Jane France. Serial #33065716 If you have…
Alaska Highway, Company F and C. Born: 23 December 1919, New Kensington, Pennsylvania Died: 24 October 2003, Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware. A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an avid pistol shooter. He landed in Skagway, Alaska with the segregated 93rd Engineer Regiment in April 1942. They built the…
DDS, Dental Corps First Battalion, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 November 1909, New York Died: 14 June 2005, Palo Alto, California. Enlisted in Army on 15 November 1940 and discharged 3 February 1946. His spouse was Gertrude Hershkowitz Anker 1913-2009. His father was Aaron Anker (1873-1956) and his mother was Anna Anker (1885-1979). Both were born in…
African American, Alaska Highway, B Company. Paul Francis of B Company said that Vincent was “well educated for a negro.”
Alaska Highway, H&S Company Born: 17 June 1910, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 28 December 1981, Gulfport, Mississippi. Enlisted 14 July 1940 and released on 31 July 1960. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn] and was in the ROTC. He was the 93 Engineer Regimental Supply Officer and his crew were Lt. Frank Perrin, Lt. Donald…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 13 August 1918, Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana. Died: 25 August 1979, Monroe, Ouachita, LA. Enlisted:15 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 2 April 1945. Education: four years of high school. Civilian occupation: laborer at a Lumber Mill. His father was France Dunn, laborer sawmill/lumber yard…
Alaska Highway, Company B, Born: 2 Jan 1917 West VA. Died: 14 December 2006, Cocoa, FL. Buried at Harpers Ferry, West VA. Enlisted: 15 May 1941 and discharged 14 Jan 1946. He married Dorothy L. Cox of Ft. Royal, VA on 26 June 1946. He attended the University of West Virginia. His father, Edgar E. Dudrow,…