Alaska to replace Black Veterans Memorial Bridge, saving part as tribute to Alaska Highway builders
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FILE - This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr., left, and Private Alfred Jalufka shaking hands at the, "Meeting of Bulldozers," for the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon Territory in Beaver Creek, Alaska. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP, File)This undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shows a trestle bridge, that the state of Alaska is planning to replace, spanning the Gerstle River about 30 miles southeast of Delta Junction. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities via AP)FILE - In this 1942 photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, a Black soldier peers through a surveyor's transit during construction of the Alaska Highway in the Northern Sector of Alaska. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP, File)FILE - In this 1942 photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, a Black soldier places dynamite during construction of the Alaska Highway in the Northern Sector of Alaska. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP, File)
FILE - This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr., left, and Private Alfred Jalufka shaking hands at the, "Meeting of Bulldozers," for the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon Territory in Beaver Creek, Alaska. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP, File)