Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
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, Alaska Highway, H&S Company. Born: 18 (25) May 1918, Plain Dealing, Louisiana. Died: 4 October 1984, Bossier, LA. Enlisted: 12 April 1941 at Jacksonville Army Air Field, FL and discharged 4 September 1945. Education: grammar school. Civil occupation: Sawmill laborer. His father was Willie Shipp Haskins (1894-1948), farm laborer, and his mother was…
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…