Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company F and C. Born: 23 December 1919, New Kensington, Pennsylvania Died: 24 October 2003, Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware. A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an avid pistol shooter. He landed in Skagway, Alaska with the segregated 93rd Engineer Regiment in April 1942. They built the…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company C. Born: 25 October 1920, Ruston, Lincoln, Louisiana. Died: 7 March 1997, Clearlake Park, Lake, California. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: Waiter. He was the orderly and driver for Capt. Robert P. Boyd, Company C Commander. His father was Willie Levester Anding…