Alaska is commemorating 75 years since ... The soldiers worked on the 1,500-mile (2,400-kilometer) highway during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades. It took the soldiers ...

Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th ...

When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project ... African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American ...

Sixty-five years ago this week, the Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the completion of one of the most ambitious tasks assigned them during World War II - the building of the Alaska Highway ...

If the 10 children of Leonard and Anna Larkins ever complained about chilly weather in Louisiana, their father would tell them, "You don't know cold weather." Leonard's formal education ended at 10.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Friday marks Alaska Highway Day — commemorating the ... history in Alaska goes further back than World War II. “Many Alaskans are unaware of the contributions ...

Joe Adrian animatedly shares recollections of his father's military service -- a unique period that included participation in the construction of the Alaska Highway and the creation of maps for Gen.

Also known as the Alcan, the highway was built during World War II as a means to move military equipment to the last frontier ...

The first of three World War II-era bridges on the Alaska Highway is slated for renovation starting this fall, according to John Perreault, the spokesperson for Alaska Department of Transportation ...

With BC-US—Alaska Highway-Black Soldiers ... The soldiers worked on the 1,500-mile (2,400-kilometer) highway during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades.