Dry Creek, Alaska - U. S. Engineers
How I Got Embedded in Company F, 176th Regiment of the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers in Alaska, 1942/43.
[url=http://faithhopelove.net/drycreekautobiography.htm]Click here to read the whole story[/url].
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Date: 09/20/2007
Owner: F. M. Perry
Size: 76 items
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PFC Charles Beregi, Historic Stagecoach, Gulkana Roadhouse, Alaska, 1943
Date: 09/20/2007
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Pvt Dewoody on bluff Copper River, Dry Creek, Alaska, April1, 1943,
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Pvt. Dewoody, Dry Creek, Alaska, Mar.1943
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Pvt. Dewoody, Dry Creek, Alaska, Mar.1943.
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Capt. Lister R. Moore & Capt. Scott T. Childress, Dry Creek, Alaska, May 1943.
Capt. Childress was commanding officer and Capt. Moore was second in command of Company F.
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Capt. Scott T. Childress, CE, Company Commander, Dry Creek, Alaska, May 1943.
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Cpl. Bourg, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1943.
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Lt. Louis M. Mattera, CE, Dry Creek, Alaska, May 1943.
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Lt. Mattera, Capt Moore, Capt Childress, Dry Creeik, Alaska, May 1943.
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Lt. Mattera, Dry Creeki, Alaska, May1943.
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Lt Louis M. Mattera, CE, Dry Creeik, Alaska, May 1943.
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B-24 takes off CAA Airfield, Dry Creek, Alaska, Dec 1942.
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B-24 lands at CAA Airfield, Dry Creek, Alaska, Dec. 1942.
The B-24 had just made a raid on Japanese positions in the Aleutian Islands.
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Bridge across Gulkana River, Richardson Highway, May 1943,
This bridge is no longer in this spot but moved downstream a short distance.
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Residences for employees, CAA Airfield, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1943.
Only one CAA house was occuppied during 1942/43.
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Residence for CAA employee, Airfield, Dry Creek, Alaska, April 1943.
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Historic Village of Chitina, Mostly Deserted in 1943.
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Quonset Hut Barracks, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1943.
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Cpl Bourg, Copper Center Roadhouse, Richardson Highway, Alaska, 1943.
There was a big copper nugat serving as a bench at the roadhouse entrance.
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Copper Center Sign, Richardson Highway, Alaska, 1943.
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Cowin Hut was headache to build, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1942.
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Indian Village at Gulkana, Alaska, 1943.
The village of Gulkana now has been moved to the other side of the river.
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Richardson Highway with Gulkana River Bridge and Gulkana Roadhouse ahead, Alaska, Dec. 1942.
The Roadhouse burned shortly after the war; the bridge and road was moved a short distance.
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Home of Vince Joy family, Copper Center, Alaska, 1943.
Mr. Joy was a Christian Minister to Troops and Native People of Copper River Valley area.
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Quonset Hut under construction, Dry Creek, Alaska, Sept 1942.
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Richardson Highway Sign, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1942.
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Richardson Highway Road Crew, Gakona Roadhouse, Alaska, 1943.
Three soldier who ran snowplow and road grader.
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Picture Postcard of 1930s Roadhouse, Richardson Highway, Alaska.
Date: 09/20/2007
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Sgt Bodin & Cpl Davis, APO operators, Dry Creek, Alaska, 1943.
They sold stamps on the credit until Postal Authorities said No, No!
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SSgt Mitchell & First Sgt Kelly, Dry Creek, Alaska, Aug. 1942.
Corps of Engineers Troops in tents from June thru August, 1942.
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SSgt Yarter & SSgt Hodges, Dry Creek, Alaska, June 1942.
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Tazlina Roadhouse, Richardson Highway, Alaska, May 1943.
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USED Field Clerk F. M. Perry, on bluff Copper River near Dry Creek, Alaska, 1943.
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USED Field Clerk F. M. Perry, on bluff Copper River near Dry Creek, Alaska, April1, 1943.
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Baseball under midnight sun, Dry Creek, Alaska, June 2, 1943.
Date: 09/20/2007
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Corps of Engineers Camp center, Dry Creek, Alaska, April 1943.
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How I Got Embedded in a U. S, Army Corps of Engineers Company in Alaska, 1942/43.
| show fullshow summaryWhen the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, I was a 20 year old college engineering student ready to enter my third year at college. I had temporarily dropped out of college because of lack of funds, but had just landed a job as a...
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, I was a 20 year old college engineering student ready to enter my third year at college. I had temporarily dropped out of college because of lack of funds, but had just landed a job as a Junior Clerk Typist (lowest entry rating) at the War Department in Washington, D.C. Because of the U. S. entry into the war, I had every expectation of soon being drafted into much more active military service than that of civilian clerk-typist. Because of the possibility of a major Japanese attack on Alaska, the government was starting to prepare the Territory of Alaska to meet an attack. I heard of plans to build a road through Canada to Alaska and plans to build military bases in Alaska. Desiring to get engineering experience, and having had a long time desire to go to Alaska, I decided to enquire about work in Alaska with the U. S. Engineer Department. Since I was already working in Government Serive, I thought I might be able to transfer to some kind of a junior job in Alaska. So I wrote to the United States Engineering Department office in Seattle which I assumed would have athority to hire for the Territory of Alaska. In march 1942 I received an answer to my letter from a Corps of Engineers military officer in the Seattle office. The officer said that he would like to hire me for work in Alaska, but he did not have authority to cover payment for my transportation across the U. S. to Seattle. If I could get myself to Seattle, he would give me a job. That was good enough for me. With the letter in hand I took leave without pay from my job in Washington, got on the bus, and soon walked in to the U. S. Engineer Office in Seattle, Washington.
Posted by F. M. Perry on Fri 21 Sep 2007 12:14:26 AM CDT