Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 September 1917, Louisiana. Died: 17 December 1987, New Orleans, LA. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 12 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacturing furniture, farm laborer. Joseph Prejean told a story that he took Raymond and Nolan with him…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1916, Kings County, New York. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 11 September 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York. Education: two years high school. Civil occupation: manufacturing paper goods. Serial #32173217 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 25 August 1919, North Carolina. Died: 15 January 1985, Creedmore, Granville, North Carolina. Enlisted: 25 August 1941 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Irvin Winston and his mother was Hannah Mitchell. He married Doshia Catherine Landis on 5 May 1959….
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 22 October 1918, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: unknown. Enlisted:15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: porter. His father was Tom Wilmington, a farm laborer, and his mother was Matilda. Serial #34046420 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 1922, Louisiana. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. Serial #34072987 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 31 May 1913, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Died: 2 April 1985, Kankakee, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 25 October 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: farming. Serial #34046507 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 16 October 1917, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia. Died: 15 August 1971, Suffolk, NY. Enlisted 10 May 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farms. His mother was Dessie Williams. Serial #34061585 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE…
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 (12) February 1917, Panola, Mississippi. Died: 13 July 1987, Chicago, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 17 April 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. Serial #34046733 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 May 1923, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: unknown. Enlisted 28 November 1945, Ft. Benning, GA, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1941 he was employed by Weaver Grocery. His mother was Louise White. Serial #14055265 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Company A, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 September 1920, Leake County, Mississippi. Died: 23 October 1997, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: three years high school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Percy Hurdle Whalen (1879-1975), farm laborer, and his mother was Mary Ella Wilder (1884-1967). He…