About Building the Alaska Highway
- Released on February 22, 2005
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.
Full Cast of Building the Alaska Highway
Joe Morton
plays Narrator
Ruth Gruber
plays Self - Journalist
Charles Hendricks
plays Self - Military Historian
Heath Twichell
plays Self - Historian
William Griggs
plays Self - Army Engineer
Billy Connor
plays Self - Civil Engineer
Hayward Oubre
plays Self - Army Engineer
John Bollin
plays Self - Army Engineer
Henry Geyer
plays Self - Army Engineer
Fred Mims
plays Self - Quartermaster Corps
Alden Hacker
plays Self - Army Engineer
Bob Trail
plays Self - Canadian Resident
Alice Summer
plays Self - Canadian Resident
Alvin Schexnider
plays Self - Historian
Wallace Lytle
plays Self - Army Engineer
Bob Batey
plays Self - Army Engineer
Chester Russell
plays Self - Army Engineer
Crew of Building the Alaska Highway