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And there were other fields in alaska between the year can between yukon border. They decided to build a military highway from rail and at British Columbia to fairbanks, alaska. To link up and supply these airfields and to provide emergency access to alaska for troops immaterial. Troops and material. This highway would extend 1500ly 5000 miles, miles. About the distance from washington to denver. Dawsons creek saw the arrival of the first Army Engineers group in march, 1942. In all there were seven engineer regiments, or about 10,000 men. Their immediate job was to break through a pioneer road...

When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air....

And there were other fields in alaska between the year can between yukon border. They decided to build a military highway from rail and at British Columbia to fairbanks, alaska. To link up and supply these airfields and to provide emergency access to alaska for troops immaterial. Troops and material. This highway would extend 1500ly 5000 miles, miles. About the distance from washington to denver. Dawsons creek saw the arrival of the first Army Engineers group in march, 1942. In all there were seven engineer regiments, or about 10,000 men. Their immediate job was to break through a pioneer road...

And there were other fields in alaska between the year can between yukon border. They decided to build a military highway from rail and at British Columbia to fairbanks, alaska. To link up and supply these airfields and to provide emergency access to alaska for troops immaterial. Troops and material. This highway would extend 1500ly 5000 miles, miles. About the distance from washington to denver. Dawsons creek saw the arrival of the first Army Engineers group in march, 1942. In all there were seven engineer regiments, or about 10,000 men. Their immediate job was to break through a pioneer road...

30, 1867, u. S. Secretary of state William Seward reached an agreement to purchase alaska from russia for 7. 2 million. Originally dubbed sewards folly, that was retracted when gold was discovered. Up next, alaska highway, a 1944 u. S. Army film documenting building highway from the lower 48 states to fairbanks through the canadian wilderness. The highway was gradually approved and opened to the public in 1948. [video clip] narrator when the japs bombed pearl harbor, they made people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. No...