Whitehorse Daily Star

Joe LaRocca Viewers were force-fed an historical error

On Feb. 7, the PBS network and most of its affiliates nationwide aired a documentary film depicting the construction of the Alaska (formerly Alcan) Highway in 1942, around the start of the Second World War, perpetuating one of the more enduring myths in U.S. and Canadian history.

By Whitehorse Star on April 27, 2005

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