Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Company H&S. Medical Corps Born: 30 January 1910, Georgia. Died: 16 March 1971, Greenville, SC. Enlisted and discharge dates unknown. He graduated from Furman and Emory Universities and practiced as a general family physician for two years before entering the Army. In March 1942, he was a Captain and stationed at Eglin Field….
Alaska Highway. Company H&S, B, E and F. Born: 14 July 1918, Schenectady, NY. Died: 10 July 2006, North Bend, Oregon. Enlisted: 1941. Discharged: 1946. He attended Oregon State College and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked for General Electric until 1941 when he enlisted. He originally was stationed at Camp Beauregard,…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and B. Born: 20 April 1918, Mt. Vernon, NY. Died: 6 August 2001, Dana Point, Orange, CA. Enlisted: 8 April 1941, Los Angeles, CA. Retired from service 31 October 1961. He went to the University of California in Los Angeles. In the 1940 census it is recorded that he was employed…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S. Medical Corps. Born: 4 December 1906, St Louis, Missouri. Died: 29 May 1980, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. Enlisted: 5 January 1942. Discharged: 5 February 1946. He attended Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated a Doctor of Denistry. First Lt. Jonas was with the H&S Company Medical Corps of the…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S. Born: 24 January 1941, Cullman County, AL. Died: 8 October 1960, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL. He died in Reserve Status with the U.S. Army. Enlisted: (1) 30 May 1936 (2) 27 September 1941. Discharged: (1) 30 May 1938. (2) 2 November 1945. In 1940 census he had completed one year high…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and D. Born: 26 October 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA. Died: 6 May 2015, York County, PA. Enlisted: 22 March 1941, Harrisburg, PA. Discharged: 28 January 1946. He graduated from Camp Hill High School and in 1940 he graduated from State University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Agronomy. Second Lt….
Alaska Highway. 97th Engineers, Company H&S, MD, Medical Corps Born: 16 June 1915, Augusta, Richmond County, GA. Died: 23 August 1996, Savannah, Chatham County, GA. Enlisted: 5 August 1941. Discharged: 26 December 1945. Meyer Schneider was a graduate of University of Georgia Medical School with a specialty in obstetrics. First Lt. Schneider was assigned to…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S and B. Born: 3 April 1916, Roseville Village, Muskingum County, OH. Died: 2 October 1999, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH. He attended Ohio State University and joined ROTC. As a reserve officer, in 1939, he participated in two weeks training with the 5th Corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In 1942 he was…
Alaska Highway. Company H&S. Born: 11 November 1917, Fresno County, California. Died: 20 November 2002, Carmel Valley, Monterey, California. He enlisted on 7 May 1941 at Los Angeles, California, completed Officer Candidate School at Ft. Belvoir and received his 2nd Lieutenant commission. He was assigned to the 97th Engineer Regiment and in April of 1942…
Alaska Highway. Company H/S, C, HQ. Born: 10 June 1914, Richwood, Nicholas County, West VA. Died: 15 March 2012, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute June of 1936 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He received a commission as a 2Lt Reserve Officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers…