Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Company D Commander. Born: 22 July 1916, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama Died: Died: 13 February 1983. Enlisted: 7 June 1938 and released 20 June 1938. Enlisted: 23 July 1940 and released 17 March 1966. Education: Graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn] with a degree in Engineering. He enlisted in the Army…
Alaska Highway, H&S Company Born: 17 June 1910, Montgomery, Alabama. Died: 28 December 1981, Gulfport, Mississippi. Enlisted 14 July 1940 and released on 31 July 1960. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn] and was in the ROTC. He was the 93 Engineer Regimental Supply Officer and his crew were Lt. Frank Perrin, Lt. Donald…
Alaska Highway, Civil Engineer, First Battalion, S-4 Assistant with H&S Company, also assigned to Company C and D. Born: 20 March 1916, Wilson County, North Carolina. Died: 25 October 2001, Alabama. His father was William J. Burleigh, Sr. born in Canada. His mother was Lightfoot Burleigh born in Virginia. Lt. Squires when interviewed stated that…
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…