Researching and writing our first book, We Fought the Road, our most extraordinary experience came late in the game. I hope you all can live with another trip through an increasingly porous “fourth wall” because I can only tell the story from Chris and my perspective. In late summer, 2016, Leonard Larkins’ son Bert found …
Category Archives: Segregated Army
Leonard Larkins and the 93rd
In May 1942, Private Leonard Larkins came up to Carcross with Company A of the the 93rd Engineers. Company A came first and moved out almost immediately. Private Larkins came up and moved out with them. (Read more about Leonard on our research site) Leonard Larkins grew up on Star Plantation in Southern Louisiana; lived …
Green Bag of Memories
Last night I posted about Tech 5 Samuel Hargroves. And there’s more to the story. To tell it I must step through the fourth wall again; talk about Researcher Chris and me. I hope you find the story of the green bag worth it. (For more about Samuel follow this link to our research site) …
Hoge had Cast the Die
So Hoge had cast the die. The 93rd would build the 70-mile supply road from Carcross to the Teslin River. And, ironically, Hoge’s racism handed the men of the 93rd an opportunity. The Army expected little of its black soldiers; typically gave them the least demanding jobs around. But Hoge had given the 93rd a …
The Rest of the 93rd
The rest of the 93rd followed Company C into Skagway; ran into a massive traffic jam. Colonel Russell Lyons was rushing his brand new white 340th Engineering Regiment into Skagway at the same time. By April 25, the little village strained at the seams, hosting two full regiments. And one of the regiments was black. …