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A welcome army of invasion is the great force of United States soldiers now cutting the woinlei'i’iil Alcan IIighway through Canada's \vil<lorii<-ss to Alaska, A forinei" lithogrnpher, Sherman Gardner 0f Midvale, Utah, is working as surveyor.

Mastermind of the 'Alcan is Brigadier General W. H. I-Ioge, officer commanding the U.S. forces building" the road. 'l‘lio_projcct is one of a broad program of joint .U.S.'-Canadian military activities, including training of troops and defence.

The Trail of '42. Through bushland, across muskeg and

rivers, a vital artery in North

Americzfs network of

defence is feeding weapons and supplies to the north.

h‘ v v ‘ \-\ “we The crash of a pile driver "shatters the silence, bulldozers and caterpillar tractors roar as they carve out a lifeline to our northern bastion. Engineers

are shown pounding bridge supports into the riverbed, completing another link.

The humorist who erected the "Ilelp Wanted-Female" former bartender in Rochester, N.Y. (left) helps the sign (inset in centre) must be bored with denuding boys to forget their troubles with 00d chow. Pte. potatoes and washing his own socks. Sgt. Al Mangone, Al Hubbell of Dallas, Texas (right) oes his washing.

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Ptn. E. Picpor oi‘ Wyandotte, With whiskers and mosquito First Class Private Dick howls of Oskaloosa, Iowa, hlivh, rliimris guard at Ilium netting, Pte. N. Cnlkins of shares his ration in his messkit with a husky uppy. amt i§l'¢i2l<i'~\';l_\’ (it says here). Spokane is well protected. He'd heard huskics were vicious, found them f endly.

Payment of U.S. troops and Canadin Eontracto brings in American exchange, facilitating purchase of war materials in United States for Dominion’s arsenals.

“You should hear these fellows singing at their work", says Nichols Morant, who made these photos. Pte. Walter Donald of Quitman, Miss" is a plying soap to Pte. Joseph Lawrence of Augusta, Ga., at an advance road camp barber shop.

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On this “-all" tons of earth are moved from one are glacial ice formations thousands of years old‘ section of the road to s fill. Hidden two or three When muskeg is removed the ice melts, creating heavy feet under the muskeg in some sections along the road morass. U.S. Army engineers have solved the piroblem-

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Pte. Lewis has no confidence in his ablllt to thumb Mosguito net and spade are No gals to charm, B}; 5:3‘ a ride to Texas, but someone might be d ving as far tan ard equipment. This is Jim Moore, Wesleco, e '

B as the postoffice. He enjoys getting mail from home. Pte.M.Swmn, Payson, Utah. keeps in style with besri-n » Pbom Iv Nit-lulu Moran! for Publlr Ill/om" o ’