

Took It All Off
Ambrose J Borkowski  1st Sgt 706 th  described his experience at George Field for the 1996 reunion.   “Here I was with two years’ service...

Lawrence Lore
6 days ago4 min read
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George Field Mechanics
A Photo of the George Field Mechanics Names listed on the back include: Opal Bye Waggoner (2nd from the right), Rachael Griffin, Robert A...

Lawrence Lore
Aug 51 min read
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"Treated Us Super"
Ray Burnett,  Combat Crew Radio Operator 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, described his experience at George Field for the 1996 reunion. “I...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 291 min read
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George Field Civilian Employees
In 1941, the location of George Field (Army Air Force Field) was a sparsely settled stretch of Illinois Prairie in Lawrence County where...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 212 min read
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Fields of Dreams
Mordecai Brown's passion for baseball was so great that even after his retirement from the major leagues he could not leave the game and...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 31 min read
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Circus Fame at Poor Farm
“Samuel Armor , 94, died August 25, 1937, at the County home (Poor Farm) near Bridgeport. Deceased was born in Kentucky March 12, 1842,...

Lawrence Lore
Jul 11 min read
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doctors vs fisikins
I found this essay that a little boy had written for the Lawrence County News in 1931 . (My computer kept wanting to auto correct all...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 241 min read
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Business in Russellville
Mills Russellville like all other early towns, had a saw- and a grist-mill. As seen earlier in the history of the town, August, Andrew...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 134 min read
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Accidents at George Field
Flight training was a dangerous operation. There were many planes in the air at once and they did a lot of night flying in all kinds of...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 51 min read
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Time to Get your Bathing Suit On. . .
From the Madding collection circa 1940s

Lawrence Lore
Jun 31 min read
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