SS Nisutlin and its Canadian crew forced the Yukon and Teslin Rivers to transport men and equipment for the 340th Engineers. General Hoge had ordered the 340th to build highway from Teslin through Yukon toward British Columbia. On the other side of the Continental Divide they would meet the 35th Engineers coming the other way. …
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93rd Engineers Making Road
Recall that in April 1942 General Hoge had dispatched the black soldiers of the 93rd to Carcross to build a road to the Teslin River for the 340th. He had done so to get the black men out of Skagway and he didn’t propose to leave them long in Carcross either. Making road, getting the …
The Skagway They Came To
In April 1942, in a desperate rush to build a land route through Yukon, General Hoge jammed thousands of soldiers into Skagway, Alaska. The Corps hit the little town like a hurricane. A summer visitor to Skagway today can get a sense of the impact the Corps had. Arrive in Skagway in the evening when …