Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 8 May 1919, Siloam, Morgan County, GA. Died: 1 October 1996, Madison, GA. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. His father was Ed Brown and his mother was Della Lewis. Serial #34060253 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 26 (18) April 1918, New Orleans, LA. Died: 6 June 2011, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL. Education: grammar school. His father was Joseph Blanden, a truck driver. Wilbert married Vera F. Journee on December 1940. Serial #34030334 If you have information about this soldier…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1 June 1917, Greenville, NC. Died: 31 May 2000, Shelby, NC. Education: Student at A & T College, Greensboro, NC. His father was John H. Winston (1890-1969) and his mother was Mary Bryant Winston (1890-1941). He married Kitty Mable Withers on 25 December 1948 in Mecklenburg, NC. Serial…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 8 February 1922, Muscogee, GA. Died: 25 May 1980, Columbus, GA. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 15 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Plasterer and attendant or orderly. His father was Richard Raiford and his mother was Mannie Ashe. Serial #34062391 If you have…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 20 March 1922, Donalsonville, GA. Died: 18 February 2014, Atlanta, GA. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: Porter and WW2 draft card records employment as Janitor at post office. His father was Cary Pugh (1890-1958) and his mother was Kimi…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 11 January 1923, St Petersburg, FL. Died: July 1955, NY. Enlisted: 21 August 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. He moved to New York in 1946. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: house/yard man. His mother was Minnie McGriff and his father was Tommy McGriff, Sr. He married Martha Brice on…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 1 January 1909, Fair forest, SC. Died: 16 January 1992, Charlotte, NC. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Baltimore, MD. Discharged: 10 December 1945. Education: grammar school. His father was Judge McClure and his mother was Frances Layden McClure. Serial #33063503 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 5 July 1918, Dublin, NC. Died: 29 March 1986, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 27 November 1945, Ft. Bragg, NC. Regular Army. Discharged: 24 May 1947. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 census recorded as a new worker and WW2 draft card records employment at Bladenboro Oil Mill. His…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 22 November 1917, 20 June 1917, 5 June 1917, Meridian, GA. Died: 18 October 1998, Chicago, IL. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 1 November 1945. Education: one year college at Clark College. Civilian occupation: cook. His father was Arthur Williams and his mother was Kate…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 4 July 1915, Statesboro, GA. Died: 24 February 2004, Statesboro, Bulloch, GA. Enlisted: 28 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Discharged: 10 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laundry, cleaning, pressing apparel. His father was Brantley Simmons (1892-1982) and his mother was Janie G. Groover (1900-1989). His wife…