Building the Alaska Highway

Overview

In May of 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska and Canada, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken-building the Alaska Highway. This program tells how young soldiers battled mud, muskeg, and mosquitoes; endured ice, snow, and bitter cold; and cut pathways through primeval forests to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world's harshest landscapes.

Details

Cast

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

Ruth Gruber

Self - Journalist

Charles Hendricks

Self - Military Historian

Heath Twichell

Self - Historian

William Griggs

Self - Army Engineer

Billy Connor

Self - Civil Engineer

Hayward Oubre

Self - Army Engineer

John Bollin

Self - Army Engineer

Henry Geyer

Self - Army Engineer

Fred Mims

Self - Quartermaster Corps

Alden Hacker

Self - Army Engineer

Bob Trail

Self - Canadian Resident

Alice Summer

Self - Canadian Resident

Alvin Schexnider

Self - Historian

Wallace Lytle

Self - Army Engineer

Bob Batey

Self - Army Engineer

Chester Russell

Self - Army Engineer