Olsen, Richard C. 2nd Lieutenant
Alaska Highway, Company E Serial #O-393348 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company E Serial #O-393348 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Company D, F, HQ and H&S. Born: 28 April 1914, Kansas City. Died: 6 September 1974, Reston, VA. Enlisted:1 August 1941 and released 22 March 1946. Hubert married Sarah Ann Griffith, born in Thayer, Kansas in 1913, on 31 May 1939. She was employed as a stenographer and died in 2004. His father was Elmer…
Alaska Highway, Company B, F, E and H&S. Born: 5 February 1906, Staunton, Virginia. Died: 19 September 1958, Fort Payne, Dekalb, Alabama. Education: Graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn] in 1933 with a degree in mechanical engineering. The National Guard Military Register lists Milton as a member of the Corps of Engineers, 1Lt on 27…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 September 1915, Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: 11 May 1991, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Sawmill. His father was Jack Hervy, farm laborer, and his mother was Rachel Gillard. Serial #34046419…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 July 1918, South Carolina. Died: 17 March 1980, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 22 August 1941, Ft. Jackson Columbia, SC and discharged 13 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Serial #34096599 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 May 1916 (Military Headstone Application) and 2 April 1916 (on actual headstone in cemetary), Chickasaw, Mississippi. Died: 27 September 1960, Chickasaw, Mississippi. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Spouse: Minnie Rose Woods (1905-2006)….
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 September 1917, Louisiana. Died: 17 December 1987, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 12 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacturing furniture, farm laborer. Joseph Prejean told a story that he took Raymond and Nolan with him…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1916, Kings County, New York. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 September 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: manufacturing paper goods. Serial #32173217 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 August 1919, North Carolina. Died: 15 January 1985, Creedmore, Granville, North Carolina. Enlisted: 25 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Irvin Winston and his mother was Hannah Mitchell. He married Doshia Catherine Landis on 5 May 1959….
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 October 1918, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: porter. His father was Tom Wilmington, a farm laborer, and his mother was Matilda. Serial #34046420 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE