Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 1918, North Carolina. Died: unknown. Enlisted: 22 Oct 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank, NY. He lived in New York County, NY. Education: one year high school. Serial #32177909 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
African American, Alaska Highway, H&S and E Company, Regular Army, Corps of Engineers. Born: 13 June 1922 Lafayette, LA. Died: 25 Apr 2009 Lafayette, LA, age 86. Buried at Fountain Memorial Cemetery, Lafayette, LA. Enlisted: 2 June 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL at age 17 and discharged 6 December 1945. His mother signed a release. Assigned…
African American, H&S Company, Camp Livingston, LA, Alaska Highway. He was a mechanic with the regimental motor pool. Born: 12 May 1912, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died: 25 July 1959, Los Angeles, CA. Lived East Carroll County, Louisiana. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 and discharged 21 November 1945. Re-enlisted 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, MS. He was assigned to…
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, H&S Company, Alaska Highway. B: 1919, Savannah, GA. D: unknown. Enlisted into the Army on 14 Oct 1941, Baltimore, MD. Education: one year of college. Civil Occupation: porter. He was raised as an orphan, but with one year of college under his belt he was equipped to learn a technical skill. He happened to…
African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 14 March 1920, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia Died: 1 May 2010, Baltimore, Maryland. Enlisted: 15 August 1941, Richmond, VA. Discharged: 5 December 1945. Education: four years high school. Civilian Occupation: Miles Cleaning Company [laundry/cleaners]. John stated that he joined the army to escape segregationist life in Virginia and wanted to…