Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 November 1918, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Died: 12 September 1986, Jackson, Hinds, MS. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: manufacture lumber products. Serial #34046175 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Arrived on Highway in Nov/Dec of 1942 as a 2nd Lt. Born: 10 May 1919, California. Died: 24 Jan 1988, California. Enlisted: 17 April 1942, San Francisco, CA. His BIRLS file and the officer roster for the 93rd Engineers states that he enlisted on 25 Nov 1942 and released 16 Apr 1946. Education: two…
African American, Alaska Highway, B Company. Born: 24 October 1922, Sanford, FL. Died: unknown. He lived in Talahassee, Florida. Enlisted: 22 August 1941 at Camp Blanding, Florida. Education: four years high school. His mother was Buelah Coleman. Serial #34056405. If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Company E. Born: 15 August 1920, Wyoming. Died: unknown. Education: University of Wyoming, Civil Engineer. Occupation: Wyoming State Engineer 1 May 1963 to 1 Dec 1974. June K. Bishop left college in May of 1942 and married Floyd on 9 May 1942. She was a avid golfer. His father, Loren C. Bishop (1885-1961), was a civil…
African American Chaplain, Alaska Highway. Born: 20 June 1907, Appomattox, VA Died: 10 May, 2000, Toledo, OH. Buried at National Arlington Cemetery. He married Beatrice Mable Clark (1916-1955) in 1937 and in June 1957 married his second wife Lee Hawkins. He received his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall of 1959 and taught at…