Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 October 1922, Charlotttesville, Virginia. Died: 10 November 1995, Laurens, GA. Enlisted: (1) 4 November 1941, Richmond, VA and discharged 20 November 1945. (2) Enlisted: 1 October 1947 and discharged 7 June 1949. Education: 2 years high school. Civilian occupation: messenger, errand boy and in 1940 he was…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 2 July 1919, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia. Lived in Lamar County, GA. Died: 19 August 1985, Detroit, MI. Enlisted: 9 August 1941, Ft. Benning, GA and discharged 14 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: cook. His father was Arthur Brooks employed at a Cotton Mill as a Drayman. His…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 21 November 1917, Auburn, Alabama. Died: 15 September 1994, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York. Enlisted: 9 August 1941 at Ft. McClellan, AL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Joe Bradford, farm laborer, and his mother was Helen B. Correy. He married Ruby Demillia 1919-2002. Serial…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 February 1918, Vienna, Dorchester, Maryland. Died: 6 December 1988, Rhodesdale, Maryland. Enlisted:12 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: general farming. His father was Don Pondenson Bowens, a farm laborer, 1883-1955. His mother was Patience Lilly Molock 1897-1979. Serial…
African American, H&S Company, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway. Born: 18 July 1918, Hodge, Jackson, Louisiana. Died: 17 January 1967, Alameda, CA. Enlisted: 2 June 1941 Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: four years high school. Civilian occupation: employed by Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company. His father was John W. Booker, sawmill…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 6 April 1918, Fincheville, Maryland. Died: 5 October 1998, Caroline County, MD. Enlisted: 7 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, MD. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: House and Yard man. After the war he worked at E.I. Dupont Company as a groundskeeper. His father was Reubin H. Bolden, a laborer…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 29 July 1915, New Castle County, Delaware. Died: August 1969. Enlisted: 23 October 1941 at Ft. Dix, NJ. Education: one year high school. Civil Occupation: driver, chauffeur. His mother was Pearl Black. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware. Serial # 32186435. If you have information about this soldier CLICK…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 28 February 1916, Stapleton, Amherst County, Virginia. Died: 30 March 2011, Madison Heights, Virginia. Enlisted: 14 January 1942, Roanoke, VA. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: section hand Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. His father was Jake Andrew Beverly, section hand railroad. His mother was Etta Greene. He married Elnora…
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 May 1909, Richland Parish, LA. Died: 19 February 1995, MO. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: chauffeur, driver. His wife was Willie M. Wasson. Serial #34072860 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 June 1911 (1910), Louisiana. Died: 24 November 2000, New York. Enlisted: 17 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: bartender. In 1930 census he was employed at a Coca Cola plant. His father was William Banks and his mother was Mary Akins….