(4:26 min) (05 of 19) Illinois Central Railroad Met a man working for the Illinois Central Railroad. Next job was painting for the Illinois Central Railroad. While he was there he put in for the steel gang building and repairing railroad...
(4:39 min.) (02 of 28) 2. Early years -- parental influences Father flew in World War I [WWI] and after war, he bought Navy surplus flying boat and flew on the weekends. His mother also got interested in aviation and they flew weekend tours...
Title taken from front. View of man wearing hat with mosquito netting standing on Alaska Engineering Commission railway bridge over Eagle River at mile 127 1/2 near Anchorage, Alaska, with other men below. From verso: "Eagle River bridge. Soldier...