Commemorating the Utah Construction/International Collection WSU Stewart Library Special Collections 2005 Copyright 2005 by Weber State University Stewart Library. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-9722102-1-0 Unless otherwise credited, all photographs are part of the Utah Construction/Utah International Collection in the Stewart Library Special Collections. Other photographs are properly identified and used with permission. No part of this publication, including photographs and the book design, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without first obtaining the permission of the copyright holders and the publisher. Cover photo: completion of the Alaska Highway, 1943. Frontispiece: construction of NORAD, circa 1961. Table of Contents WORLD WAR II 10 LIBERTY SHIPS..............................................................................................................................................13 PEARL HARBOR...........................................................................................................................................17 ALASKA HIGHWAY.....................................................................................................................................27 COLD WAR....................................................................................................................................................46 LUCKY MC URANIUM MINES........................................................................................................49 MISSILE COMPLEXES.............................................................................................................................71 NORAD.................................................................................................................................................................83 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY..............................................................................................................92 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..........................................................................................................................93 COLOPHON.........................................................................................................................................................93