Building the Alaska Highway

Overview

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

Joe Morton

Narrator (voice)

R

Ruth Gruber

Self - Journalist

C

Charles Hendricks

Self - Military Historian

H

Heath Twichell

Self - Historian

W

William Griggs

Self - Army Engineer