The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway
Subtitle: A Photographic History
Contributors: Philip J. Merrill (Editor); Douglas Brinkley (Introduction)
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: October 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781578065042
Subjects: History - Military / War; Regiment, 97th; Military Engineering; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Regimental histories; United States - State & Local - General; Military History - World War II; Military Science; Military - World War II; Military; United States; History; World War, 1939-1945; African Americans; Photojournalism; Pictorial works; Alaska; Army; Corps of Engineers
Description: "The 97th Army Corps Engineers, an African American unit, worked extensively on completing the Alaska/Canadian Highway, but the corps' substantial role in this project to defend North America from Japanese attack during World War II has received only scant attention.".

"With this book William E. Griggs, the official photographer for the battalion, amends the long-neglected history. Documenting the record of its service, he took almost a thousand photographs as the 97th traveled from Fort Eglin, Florida, to Seattle and then to Port Valdez and into the interior of Alaska.".

"Published here for the first time are more than a hundred of Griggs's black-and-white photographic images, along with captions he has written to explain the official work of the 97th battalion."--BOOK JACKET.