Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road
Black Engineers & The ALCAN Highway
Alaska Highway, Company A and F. Corps of Engineers. Born: 1 March 1918, Wisconsin. Died: 4 April 1984, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Enlisted on 15 April 1942 and was released on 28 Feb 1946. Education: In 1940 census, he had completed his first year of college. His father, Carl Iverson, was born in 1890 and died in 1962. He earned…
Alaska Highway, Civil Engineer, 1st BN, Company B. Born: 2 May 1919, PA Died: 27 December 2008, Wisconsin. Buried in Mequon, Wisconsin. He was commissioned from ROTC at Penn State College after graduation in 1942. Enlisted on 18 May 1942 at Ft. Belvoir, VA and was released 15 January 1946. He served as a Captain from 1950…
Alaska Highway, 1st BN. Born: 8 December 1905, Monroe, Wisconsin. Died: 9 April 1993, Sante Fe, New Mexico. His spouse was Freda June Dexter from Dubuque, Iowa. They married on 3 September 1937. In the 1930 census he was listed as an engineer for a gas and electric company. He enlisted in the Army on…