Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 15 October 1922, Hanover County, VA. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 28 April 1941, Richmond, VA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Education: three years high school. Civilian occupation: errand boy grocery. His father was George L. Taylor, laborer WPA and his mother was Pauline. Serial #13032182 If you have information…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 1914, Washington, DC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years college. Civilian occupation: Music teacher. Serial #33065079 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 18 June 1916, Brooklyn, NY. Died: 28 August 1979, Richmond, VA. Enlisted: 21 May 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 20 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian Occupation: employed at Government Printing Office, Washington, DC and in 1940 census he was a salesman in his father’s real estate office. His death…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 7 November 1919, Savannah, GA. Died: 29 July 1988, Philadelphia, PA. Enlisted: 22 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 12 August 1945. Education: two years high school. Civilian occupation: cook. His father was Chester Arthur Morrison and his cousin was Wardella Price. He…
African American. Alaska Highway. Born: 28 March 1923, Alcoa, TN. Died: 30 September 1997, Harrisburb, Dauphin County, PA. Enlisted: 29 April 1941, Harrisburg, PA, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers and discharged 4 October 1945. Education: four years of high school. His father was William Mays (1899-?), a laborer, and his mother was Nellie Doziar (1898-1992)….
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 31 May 1916, Omaha, Muscogee County, GA. Died: 22 April 1998, Russell, AL. Enlisted: 25 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 5 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Married. Civilian occupation: B.F. Priester, Ft. Benning, GA. His brother was Charlie Morris. Serial #34062396 If you have information about…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 24 December 1914, Wagoner Wago, OK. Died: 8 October 1994, Tuskegee, Macon, AL. Enlisted: (1) 1 August 1941, Baltimore, MD and discharged 12 April 1944. (2) 13 April 1944 and discharged 10 February 1946. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: Stenographer, typist at the Bureau of Census…
African American, Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 13 November 1915, Kensington, MD. Died: 19Â May 1974, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 2 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: three years high school. Civilian Occupation: Employed by CR. Padgetta, elevator operator in apartment building. His father was Theodore Onley, Sr. and his mother was Ollie Butler. He married Rayellen…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company and 1317th Engineers in Germany. Born: 29 July 1911, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. Died: 1 April 1952, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. His obituary in The News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) reports that Mr. Mackey lost control of his car while traveling west on Governor Ritner Highway toward Shippensburg and the car…
African American. Alaska Highway. H&S Company. Born: 1 June 1915, Washington, DC. Died: August 1985, Washington, DC. Enlisted: 7 July 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: motion picture projectionist, employed at Lincoln Theatre Company. His father was Cornelius Shephard Burke (1819-1972), laborer Navy, and his mother was Mayme A Honesty Burke…