In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...
As we saw in part one of this series, the United States and Canada agreed to build a military highway from Fairbanks, Alaska to Dawson Creek, British Columbia in March 1942 in response to potential ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States and Canada feared that the Japanese ...
When the pioneer road that was the foundation for the Alaska Highway was completed in the fall of 1942, it was heralded as a great achievement for both Canada and America. The men who had worked on ...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the Premier of the Yukon Ranj Pillai, pose for a photo in the Cabinet office during a visit to Whitehorse on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Justin Kennedy/Government of ...
Many fiscal conservatives in Congress are aiming to cut Alaskan highway projects totaling $500 million as a method of funding reconstruction of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. Alaska's congressional ...