Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Company A, B and HQ. Promoted to First Lt. in June 1942. Company B Commander at Chilkook Barracks, Haines, AK. Born: 7 July 1919, Cheffield, Alabama . Died: 8 March 2009, Sweetwater,TN. Buried at Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park. He graduated at University of Alabama with a degree in mechanical engineering and…
African American, Alaska Highway, Company B. Born: 21 December 1921, Louisiana. Died: 1 June 1973, Pineville, Rapides, LA. Enlisted: 15 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: chauffeur/truck driver. His wife was Ethel S. Seals. Serial #34073023 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE…
Alaska Highway, Corp of Engineers, Company HQ and H&S. He did the regimental payroll. Born: unknown. Died: unknown Arrived at Chilkoot Barracks, Haines, AK from emergency leave in U.S. on 29 January 1943. He was Regimental Adjutant from 29 January 1943 to 27 March 1943. Departed from Chilkoot Barracks on 18 February 1943 and arrived…
Alaska Highway. Demolition Expert, Company D. He lived in Chicago, Ill.
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 20 March 1919, DeSoto Parish, LA. Died: 17 June 1973, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Virgil Hudson, Sr. His mother was Bellzola “Bessie” Hudson. When he…
African American, Alaska Highway, 93rd Engineers, Corps of Engineers – B: 1922. D: Unk. Enlisted 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field and choose to do basic at Camp Livingston, LA. Education 7th grade. He was placed with the engineers so he thought he would be working with Locomotives. He was in the medics.
Alaska Highway, Company C Commander, Civil Engineer. Born: 21 August 1911, Alabama Died: 22 November 2000, Alabama. Buried at Auburn Memorial Park. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn University] and after retirement from the Army, he taught industrial engineering at Auburn for fifteen years. He was one of the original officers in the cadre assigned to the…