Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 August 1916, Union, N.C. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 14 May 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and discharged 21 June 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. Draft card signed by his employer Woodrow Holt of Cameron, N.C. verifying Arthur’s mark. Serial #34112345 If you have information about…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 26 February 1914, Grand Bay, Mobile, AL. He lived in Jackson County, Mississippi. Died: 5 September 1998, Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: textile manufacture and in 1940 census he was a laborer in a paper…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 5 August 1920, New Orleans, LA. Died: Living. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FLA. Discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farms. After the Highway he was transferred to the Aleutians. He was 19 when he enlisted. His Draft Card lists his mother,…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 October 1922, Pickensville, Alabama. Died: 26 November 2000, Reform, AL. Enlisted: 8 October 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, driver and in 1940 he was employed with Oscar Lee Harris. His father was Rube Lang, a farm laborer and his mother was Ivey…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 September 1917, Jasper County, Mississippi. Died: 13 January 2003, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: general farms. His father was (Addison) Scott Lang, a farm laborer and his mother was…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 July 1917, Vaiden Carroll, Mississippi. Died: 25 November 1978, Tallahatchie, Mississippi. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 12 September 1945. His father was Broner Kindle and his mother was Lizzie Skinner. Serial #34045861 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 March 1921, Laurel, Mississippi. Died: 28 January 1987, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 5 June 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: carpenter. His father was John Kidd and his mother was Ora…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 September 1919, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Died: 26 December 1984, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 6 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His father was John Key, a farm laborer, and his mother was Sharlotte Key. Serial #34046202…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 13 May 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Railroad brakemen. Serial #34048827 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 September 1917,Washington County, Mississippi. Died: 24 November 1992, Aurora, Kane, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 18 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farming. His father was Willie Jones and his mother was Alberta Miller. Serial #34046234 If you have information about…