The Black Soldiers Who Built The Alaska Highway A History Of Four Us Army Regiments In The North 19421943
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780786471171
Description: "This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the U.S. 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 48 states during the war"--Provided by publisher.