Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S and F Company. Born: 25 September 1913, Pittsburgh, PA. Died: 23 March 1968. Pennsylvania. Enlisted: 17Â May 1941, Pittsburgh, PA and discharged 30 September 1943. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: Bootblack. His father was Oliver Edgar Highgate (1887-1961), a mill laborer, and his mother was Margret Roberta Highgate…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 16 September 1913, Eufaula, Barbour County, AL. Died: 26 August 2004, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. Enlisted: 22 July 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL and discharged 15 September 1945. Education: one year high school. Civilian occupation: employed by Mr. George Atkins at the Nehi Bottling Company. His father was Robert Hightower,…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company, transferred out July 1942. Born: unknown. Died: unknown. Serial #33053032 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 8 May 1922, White County, TN. Died: 24 March 2003, Nashville, TN. Enlisted: 22 February 1942, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 10 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Thanes Hancock and his mother was Eva. He married Doris Ann. Serial #34069084 If…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 1 June 1917, South Carolina. Died: 22 May 1977, Anderson, SC. Enlisted: 16 February 1942 and discharged 26 September 1945. He married Marjorie Witherspoon on 1 January 1948. Serial #34250359 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 7 August 1919, Pennsylvania. Died: 24 March 1973, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. Enlisted: 14 February 1942, Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH and discharged 24 October 1945. Education: four years high school. Serial #35285084 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 2 June 1915, Mt. Pleasant, SC. Died: 13 March 1989, Kansas City, MO. Enlisted: 16 February 1942, Ft. Bragg, NC and discharged 17 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His father was Henry Gethers and his mother was Rachel. He married Elizabeth Toni White (1923-1992)….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 25 May 1918, Wrens, Jefferson, GA. Died: 18 September 2006, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. Enlisted: 14 February 1942, Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter in a dairy. His father was Robert Freeman, a farmer, and his mother was Estella Stone. He married Ruth…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 19 December 1914, Maryland. Died: 9 January 1985, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 22 May 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 19 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: waiter at a restaurant. His father was Flandies (Phylandes) Freeman, laborer at furniture company and his mother was Lena Freeman, a maid…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S and F Company. Born: 12 March 1917, Berlin, Worcester, MD. Died: 18 February 1967, Wilmington, Delaware. Enlisted: 26 April, 1941, Baltimore, MD, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: Chauffeur/truck driver. He was raised by his widowed grandmother, Margaret Bowen. His uncle was Ewing W….