"The construction of the Alaska Highway is one of the greatest wilderness undertakings in American history," Maj ... "The Battalion, known as the 'Base Map Plant,' was located in Melbourne ...

An unfamiliar notation on an old map of Fort Glenn in the Aleutians ... one of the African-American Army units that built the Alaska Highway. The battalion sent to Fort Glenn would have been ...

It was no easy task to build the highway that connects the Kenai Peninsula to Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.

If a gifted palm reader scrutinized a highway ... history buffs might not be aware that this ambitious project grew out of World War II, driven by the need to safeguard the Alaska Territory ...

a smoother and more frequented future may await the Alaska Highway. Also known as the Alcan, the highway was built during ...

"Miles and miles of miles and miles” is how one of the men who helped construct the Alaska Highway described it. It’s a sentiment most anyone who has driven that seemingly endless road will ...