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White Civilians Meet Black Soldiers in Alaska

White civilians, contractors, came up behind the black soldiers of the 97th at the end of July. They set up tents at what they called the What Fir Camp, found black soldiers working all around them. The next morning Bubbles Smith ventured out with a group of his fellow white civilians. A black soldier stopped …

Soldiers and Civilians

For More on the Effort in Alaska The Army sent both soldiers and civilians to the Alaska Highway Project. The Army can dispatch soldiers, organized into military units with equipment more or less in hand, relatively quickly in an emergency. Soldiers in wartime face danger and endure hardship. Speed trumps quality. In 1942 at the …