Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
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, Civil Engineer, 1st BN, Company B. Born: 2 May 1919, PA Died: 27 December 2008, Wisconsin. Buried in Mequon, Wisconsin. He was commissioned from ROTC at Penn State College after graduation in 1942. Enlisted on 18 May 1942 at Ft. Belvoir, VA and was released 15 January 1946. He served as a Captain from 1950…
Alaska Highway, Company A, D and F, Civil Engineer. Born: 24 October 1914, Delaware Died: 4 January, 2009, Mass. Enlisted 26 April 1941, Philadelphia, PA. Education: 4 years of college. Civilian occupation: civil engineer. His father Robert Franklin II (1892-1919). He was a soldier in WW1 and while in France died in an auto accident. His mother…
Alaska Highway, Civil Engineer, First Battalion HQ, Company C. Born: 1 December 1915, New Jersey. Died: 15 August 1975, Fairfax, VA. Buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. Enlisted into Army 15 October 1940. He had two years of college prior to active duty. His wife was Donna V. Bonaparte. His father was Alfred Bonaparte and his mother was…