Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers. Company A. He arrived to the Highway in November of 1942. Born: 7 Dec 1914, El Paso, TX. Died: 5 Oct 1996, Los Angelos, CA. Enlisted 5 Dec 1941, CA. His father was William Soauremann, a mechanic at a machine shop and his mother was Elizabeth M. Strahm. His brother, William Thomas…
Alaska Highway, HQ, Motor Pool. Born: 29 May 1918, CA. Died: 29 September 2011, CA. Nickname “Dud”. He attended school in Nevada and received a degree in Mining Engineering in 1941. In 1942 he was commissioned by the US Army and was assigned to the 93rd Engineer Motor Pool. He worked with Lt. Timberlake. Dud loved…
Alaska Highway, Corps of Engineers, Alaska Highway, Company B Commander. Born: 10 March 1906, Warsaw, Duplin, N.C. Died: 13 October 1982, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. Buried at Hollingsworth-Pollock-Wilson Cemetery in Warsaw, N.C. His father, Richard Franklin Pollock, was born in 1856 and died 1942. His mother, Nancy Ellen Pollock, was born in 1864 and died in…
Alaska Highway, 93rd Regimental Commander and 18th Regimental Commander in October 1942. Veteran WW1 and WW2. Born: 1 July 1888, McKinney Texas. Died: 5 February 1980, Santa Rosa, CA. He is buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, CA. Johnson assumed command of the 93rd Regiment on April 16, 1942. Military Register: Enlisted 5June 1917 Army Corps of Engineers;…
Alaska Highway, Company C, Corp of Engineers. Born: 3 Mar 1917, Detroit, Michigan. Died: 27 Mar 1992, San Diego, CA. Buried Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, California. Enlisted 15 Apr 1942 and released on 18 Dec 1945. He married Virginia Mae Wilson (1922-1996) on 4 May 1942 at Ft. Lawton Post Chapel, Seattle Washington before he reported to…
African American, Company A. Born: 22 May 1919 LA. and Died: 26 May 2003 Perris, CA. He had two years of college and occupation was a mechanic when he enlisted in the Army on 13 Jan 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field. He was with the Corps of Engineers. In 1940 census records, Carrie Jenkins head of household…
Alaska Highway, Arrived on Highway in Nov/Dec of 1942 as a 2nd Lt. Born: 10 May 1919, California. Died: 24 Jan 1988, California. Enlisted: 17 April 1942, San Francisco, CA. His BIRLS file and the officer roster for the 93rd Engineers states that he enlisted on 25 Nov 1942 and released 16 Apr 1946. Education: two…