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The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway - A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943 (Paperback)
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The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway - A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943 (Paperback)
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This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who
were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World
War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion
Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments deployed
outside the lower 48 states during the war. The enlisted men, most
of them from the South, faced racial discrimination from white
officers, were barred from entering any towns for fear they would
procreate a mongrel race with local women, and endured winter
conditions they had never experienced before. Despite this, they
won praise for their dedication and their work. Congress in 2005
said that the wartime service of the four regiments covered here
contributed to the eventual desegregation of the Armed Forces.
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