Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 August 1922, McComb, MS. Died: 17 January 2005 Summit Pike, MS. Enlisted: 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, MS, Regular Army, Ordnance Dept. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. On his headstone is Rev. Dr. Hezekiah Swanigan. His father was Clarence Swanigan and his mother was Ellen…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 July 1911, Mississippi. Died: 14 December 1961, Carthage, MS. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Enlisted: 20 January 1942 and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: truck driver, chauffeur. His father was Ollie Summers and his mother was Susie Summers. His wife…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 30 March 1916, Coahoma County, MS. Died: 5 April 1999, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged on 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacture of textiles. Serial #34046433 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 9 January 1919, Quincy, FL. Died: 2 December 1990, Manatee, FL. Enlisted: 23 April 1946, New Orleans, LA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: three years college. In 1940 he was a student at Xavier University. Civilian occupation: sheet metal worker. His father was William S. Stevens, a medical…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 April 1919, Lunenburg County, Keysville, Virginia. Died: 3 January 1998, Bronx, NY. Enlisted: 13 August 1941 at Richmond, VA and discharged on 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was John W. Staples and his grandfather was Ephra Staples. Serial #33097654 If…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 10 November 1918, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD. Died: February 1980, Brooklyn, NY. Enlisted: 13 October 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His mother was Elnora Comper Stanley and his father was Cornelius Stanley, a farm laborer. Serial #33068342 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 October 1912, Ingold, NC (WW2 draft card lists birth date as 20 October 1911). Died: 16 February 1994, Modena, NY. Fold 3 also has his name listed as Arie. Enlisted: 12 May 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 19 August 1945. His father was John Spearman (1882-?)…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 March 1923, Sanderson, Baker, FL. Died: 1 May 1982, Sanderson, Baker, FL. Enlisted: 21 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL and discharged 21 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Frank Smith and his mother was Emma Smith. Serial #34056381 If you have information…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 7 May 1918, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 7 Nov 2003, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Buried: Greenwood Chapel Cemetery, Ofahoma, Leake, MS. Enlisted:15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Discharged: 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His parents were Reverend Emzy and Osie Matlock Smith….
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 19 March 1919, Copiah County, Mississippi. Died: 9 September 1956, Copiah County, MS. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. Serial #34046396 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE