Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 17 April 1910, Hyams, Natchitoches Parish, LA. Died: 26 July 1981, Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA. Enlisted: 16 April 1941, Jacksonville Army Airfield, FL and discharged 18 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was Green Williams, farm laborer, and his mother was Zeffie Johnson. His…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 January 1918, Leflore County, MS. Died: 27 August 1998, Cook County, Chicago, IL. Enlisted: 15 April 1941 Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: sales person. His father was Douglas Williams and his mother was Asa Taylor. Serial #34046487 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 September 1916, MS. Died: 4 February 1995, Biloxi, MS. Enlisted: 17 Apr 1941, Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: huckster, peddler. His father was John S. Williams, a turpintine chipper at the Naval Stores, and his mother was…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 March 1907, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Died: 6 April 1971, Indiana. Enlisted: 15 Apr 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Laborer at Sawmill. His father was Robert White and his mother was Mary Inez Pittman. Serial #34046440 If you have information about this soldier…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 October 1917, Copiah, Glancy, Mississippi. Died: 26 May 1993, Copiah, Hazelhurst, MS. Enlisted:15 Aug 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 20 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: general farming. His father was Luther White (1892-?) and his mother was Leora Hills White (1899-?). Serial #34046378…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1913, DeSoto, LA. Died: unknown. Enlisted:17 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 9 October 1945. Education: grammar school Civil Occupation: farm laborer on a plantation. His father was Isiac “Ike” Whitaker, farm laborer, and his mother was Estella. Serial #34073389 If you have information about…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 1 March 1917, Carroll County, MS. Died: 24 January 1994, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Enlisted: 11 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 24 March 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: laborer sawmill. His father was Charlie Westbrook and his mother was Myrtle M. Griffin. In 1930 census…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 23 December 1913, Washington County, MS. Died: 27 October 1986, Aslip, Cook, IL. Enlisted: 14 April 1941, Camp Shelby, MS and discharged 22 November 1945. Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: farming. His father was James Washington and his mother was Kathie. Serial #34046233 If you have information about…
African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 12 August 1917, LA. Died: 15 September 1990, Natchitoches, LA. Enlisted: 14 Apr 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL. Education: grammar school. Civil Occupation: railroad brakeman. Serial #34072740 If you have information about this soldier CLICK HERE
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