Building the Alaska Highway
Tracy Heather Strain2005-02-07
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48 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Joe Morton | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Ruth Gruber | Self - Journalist | Unowned |
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Charles Hendricks | Self - Military Historian | Unowned |
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Heath Twichell | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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William Griggs | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Billy Connor | Self - Civil Engineer | Unowned |
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Hayward Oubre | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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John Bollin | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Henry Geyer | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Fred Mims | Self - Quartermaster Corps | Unowned |
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Alden Hacker | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Bob Trail | Self - Canadian Resident | Unowned |
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Alice Summer | Self - Canadian Resident | Unowned |
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Alvin Schexnider | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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Wallace Lytle | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Bob Batey | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |
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Chester Russell | Self - Army Engineer | Unowned |