http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:30:08 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/08/012007.php#comment-752253 Clara Williams Just saw your letter of 2005 , and wanted to add some thoughts. I am now 93 years old and spent 15 months with the 341st Engineer Regt. building the Alcan. We started on Charlie Lake(near Ft. St. John) and built out section of the road to Ft.Nelson. This was only what was called a pioneer road amd was finished by civilian construction crews into a passable road after we moved further up toward Alaska. My company(H & S Co.) assigned me the task as regimental P>X> mgr.,a job that I enjoyed immensly. On one of my trips to pick up supplies in Dawson Creek (the rail head) I led a convoy on trucks and some of the trucks carried supplies for the 95th Engr.Rgt., a black regt. One of the trucks suddenly caught fire on our return trip and all of us fled from the burning truck except one private, a small man from the 95th who climbned into the cab of the burning truck, got the fire extingusdher and put out the fire. We all(white G>I>) applauded this man and Wrote a letter to his commanding officer to tell them of his heroic actions. Another time I was on a truck moving a load of PX supplies and we broke down. My driver left me and sent a relief truck that picked me p and towed me and the truck to one of the Black Regiments. I had to spend the night with them and the first sgt. stopped me from joining the chow line and then provided me with a private tent so that i could not mingle with the black G.I.s. I told him that I had no objections to eating or sleeping with his men, but he explained that he and the men would welcome me but that the white officers would not allow it. I wish I could show you the book with all the pictures we had published after we left the Highway. hould you ever be in the San Francisco area, [Personal contact info deleted] maybe we can arrange it. 752253@blogcritics.org Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:30:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/08/012007.php#comment-716591 Hello I was just told by my mother,that my father was one of the Black Soldiers who work on the Alcan Highway. I have been trying to locate someone who may have pictures. Before I was born my mother said all her photos were lost in a fire. My father is deceased. So there is no one to tell his story. If you can give me some infomation I would be very thankful. 716591@blogcritics.org Thu, 8 May 2008 22:36:17 EDT