Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 11 October 1917, GA. Died: 5 March 1918, NY. Enlisted: 8 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: construction. Serial #32164645 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 27 October 1914, GA. Died: 10 November 2010, Macon, GA. Enlisted: 26 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. He has five sons, twenty-one grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Serial #34062579 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 7 March 1918, Pensacola, FL. Died: 13 November 1987, Pensacola, FL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Education: one year high school. Civil occupation: chauffeur, driver truck/cab and employed by Aviation Cadet’s Mess at Naval Air station in Pensacola, FL. His father was…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1918, FL. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 24 June 1941, Ft. Benning, GA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: cook at a bus station. Spouse: Annie Green. Serial #34062306 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 8 February 1919, Brookhaven, MS. Died: 15 January 1996, Los Angeles, CA. Enlisted: 22 July 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Discharged 25 December 1945. Education: two years college. Civilian occupation: teacher, WPA project. His father was Henderson Freeman who was a laborer at a concrete factory and…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 14 February 1917, Halsell Chow, AL. Died: 26 September 2004, Alexandria, LA. Enlisted: 18 November 1945, Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, GA, Corps of Engineers, Regular Army. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: manufacture electrical machinery and in 1940 he worked with CCC at Monroeville, AL. His father was Tom Croal,…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 15 July 1915, LA. Died: 2 November 1955, LA. Enlisted: 29 March 1941, Jacksonville, Army Air Field, FL. Discharged: 11 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: Red River Oil Mill, Alexandria, LA. His father was Major Batiste and mother Irene Batiste. Spouse: Lula Texada Batiste. Serial #34030331…
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1918, LA. Died: 8 December 1994, Houston, Texas. Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Discharged 19 December 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: lumberman. His father is James Brittine and mother Headed Gay. He married Ollie Mae Evans on 5 February 1955. Serial #34030209 …
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 13 April 1918, GA. Died: 11 April 1988, Dade FL. Enlisted: 2 April 1941, Camp Blanding, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: barber. Serial #34050928 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American. Alaska Highway. Company B. Born: 1919, SC. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 1 August 1941, Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. Education: one year college. Civilian occupation: elevator operator. His father was Benjamin Baldwin, a porter at a movie theater, and his mother was Emma Baldwin, a maid. Serial #32163199 If you have information about this…