Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Camp Clayborne, LA, Company D and HQ, Regimental PX Officer. Born: 12 July 1916, Walla, Walla, WA Died: 26 February 1999, Seattle, WA. Enlisted 21 March 1942 and released on 12 March 1946. Nickname “Smitty”. Graduated from State College of Washington in Engineering. He was assigned to Capt George Egge, Regimental Supply Officer. His…
Alaska Highway, Company D, 2nd Battalion. Born: 19 January 1916, Detroit, Michigan Died: 28 December 2001, Seattle, WA. Enlisted: 15 April 1942 and released on 24 January 1946. He graduated from college with a degree in Geology and his specialty was oil. He married Alvara Forbus Shoemaker in Seattle, Washington in 1946. His father was…