75 th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway (the Alcan)
The Alaska Highway early years Building the trail that became the Alcan - 1942 Civilian travel during the early years - 1943 Alaska Highway, Kilometer 1639, Feb. 26, 2013 As I’ve mentioned before, the Alaska Highway 75th Anniversary CD is now available and there is some good music on it, some good writing, good musicianship and good recording. Bert Goulet even made me sound authoritative. There is a promo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTt25BOVaqs Here are some more videos about the building of the highway with some great views of the cable control Caterpillars, gallons of mud and gumbo (no, it isn’t the same as mud; walk in it for one minute and you’ll know the difference.) a look at some US Army Engineers and the civilian contractors. Alaska Highway then and now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6cpMuLqWI&sns=fb Building of the Alcan . USA Signal Corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ThlIabKgnM Mega Structure https://ww...