Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway. Captain, MD, Medical Corps. Born: 15 February 1895, Austria. Immigrated in 1900. Died: 27 February 1988, NY. He graduated from New York University Medical School. He was an officer in the Medical Corps of the segregated 97th Engineer Regiment. He and the 97th Regiment arrived at Valdez, Alaska on 29 April 1942 looking…
Alaska Highway, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 6 October 1906, Almena, Kansas. Died: 6 April 1960, Kansas. Buried at Paola City Cemetery, KS. Enlisted: 15 January 1941 and discharged 12 January 1946, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. He attended University of Kansas medical school. He was assigned Medical Corps, H&S Company of the 93rd Engineer Regiment….
Alaska Highway, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 27 Jul 1890 Salem, Ohio. Died: 16 Apr 1972 Bangor, Maine. Veteran of WWI and WWII. Enlisted into the Army on 6 June 1917 and released on 12 October 1945. He graduated at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and graduated with medical degree at John Hopkins University. In National Guard…