Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William C. Gribble, Jr. (born May 24, 1917 in Ironwood, Michigan June 2, 1979) graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1941 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers.During World War II, he served on the staff of the 340th Engineer General Service Regiment as it first built a section of the Alaska Highway in western Canada and later assisted MacArthur's drive in New Guinea and the Philippines. At the end of the war he commanded the 118th Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. 43d Infantry Division.