Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 7 March 1915, Vass, NC. Died: 20 January 1997, Durham, NC. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: graduated from Jordan Sellars High School and graduated from A&T College, Greensboro, NC. Civilian occupation: sawmill laborer at Stutts Taylor Lumber Company. Draftsman at Bell Telephone Laboratories at Western…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 3 May 1919, Bankhead, AL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 4 April 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Discharged: 12 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: WPA. His mother was Maddie Driver or Maddie L. Smith. His father was Menrie Smith, an insurance agent. Serial #34100401 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 15 January 1921, Moulton, Lawrence, AL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming. His father was Edward Shephard. Serial #34100050 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1922, AL. Died: 24 February 1976, Charlottesville, VA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming and employed as a sawmill laborer. His mother was Corine Scott and his x-wife was Elizabeth Deane Scott. Serial #34100026 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1 January 1919, Georgetown, SC. Died: 26 June 2008, Newburgh, NY. Enlisted: 26 August 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Discharged: 16 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook. He married Bernice Manigault on 6 June 1941 in Georgetown, SC. Serial #34096786 If you have information about this…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 21 March 1916, SC. Died: 19 September 1991, Orlando, FL. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: general farming and a deliveryman at a retail fish market. His father was Moses E. Scott, janitor, and his mother was Annie M. Carter, a housewife. Serial…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 6 June (1914, 1917 or 1918), Atlanta, GA. Died: 27 November 1974, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 27 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 14 August 1945. Education: one year high school. His father was George W. Session and his mother was Jennie Crofford Session. Iverson married Georgia Nixon…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 18 December 1919, Sumner, GA. Died: 9 February 1988, Polk, FL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Discharged: 13 November 1942 due to a physical disability. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: fruit picker. His father was Oliver Swanson and his mother was Estella Scott Swanson. He married…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 14 October 1918, Johnston, NC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Bragg, NC. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: general farming. His father was Everett Scarboro and his mother was Alice Whitley Scarboro. Spouse #1 Diana Dawson married 11 July 1953 in Johnston, NC. Spouse #2 Susan Lowery…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 17 June 1918, Norfolk, VA. Died: 13 August 1965, Hampton, VA. Enlisted: 5 November 1941, Richmond, VA. He was assigned to the 97th Engineers and also the 4405 Quartermaster Service Company. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: sales clerk/delivery boy at D. Pender Grocery Store and also…
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