Movie: Building the Alaska Highway

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Joe Morton
Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber

Self - Journalist

Charles Hendricks
Charles Hendricks

Self - Military Historian

Heath Twichell
Heath Twichell

Self - Historian

William Griggs
William Griggs

Self - Army Engineer

Billy Connor
Billy Connor

Self - Civil Engineer

Hayward Oubre
Hayward Oubre

Self - Army Engineer

John Bollin
John Bollin

Self - Army Engineer

Henry Geyer
Henry Geyer

Self - Army Engineer

Fred Mims
Fred Mims

Self - Quartermaster Corps

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    Building the Alaska Highway

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    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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    2005-02-07

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