Building the Alaska Highway
February 7, 2005
48m
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.
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Cast
Joe Morton
Narrator (voice)Ruth Gruber
Self - JournalistCharles Hendricks
Self - Military HistorianHeath Twichell
Self - HistorianWilliam Griggs
Self - Army EngineerBilly Connor
Self - Civil EngineerHayward Oubre
Self - Army EngineerJohn Bollin
Self - Army EngineerHenry Geyer
Self - Army EngineerFred Mims
Self - Quartermaster CorpsAlden Hacker
Self - Army EngineerBob Trail
Self - Canadian ResidentAlice Summer
Self - Canadian ResidentAlvin Schexnider
Self - HistorianWallace Lytle
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