‘History they shared’ WWII veteran helped build Alaska Highway, made maps for Gen. MacArthur. February 28, 2022 at 4:00 a.m. by Jeremy Amick ...

The 93rd Engineer General Service Regiment was one of the African-American Army units that built the Alaska Highway. The battalion sent to Fort Glenn would have been about 600 soldiers. ADVERTISEMENT ...

But the 1,520-mile Alaska-Canada Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C., to the Yukon Territory, is the most fascinating lifeline of all, as captured in a superb one-hour segment of PBS’ “American ...

“Northwest Epic: The Building of the Alaska Highway” By Heath Twichell. Epicenter Press. 408 pages. 2022/1992. $29.95 ...

In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed from St. Charles, Missouri, for a two-year exploration of America, inaugurating a grand American ...

That includes making improvements to the Alaska Highway. While Alaska is less involved with the actual roadwork this time ...