Vincennes Sun Commercial : June 16, 1931 Lieutenant Schilt, who is visiting Olney, flies over Lawrenceville Saturday afternoon.  ...

The great Lawrence County flood in 1943 cost several lives and caused a great loss of crops for area farmers. Large areas of protected...

Turk Wagner joins the Neptune Club. The number of “short snorters” and double “shellbacks” among WAC’s serving in the Pacific is growing...

Staff Sergeant   William W Kaiser shared his experiences at George Field at the 1996 Reunion. Wendall Kaiser was a brother to Gene...

Photo by Irene Jackman 2014 On October 14th, 1936, the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution held a cornerstone ceremony for the...

When World  War II broke out, Jean Trueblood was working at the Selective Service office in the old American bank building at Vincennes....

Worn by Lawrence County resident, J Gillesie when she was about 6 months old. Circa 1940s

Movie star Jackie  Coogan A glider pilot at George field Jackie Coogan appeared in a review when he was four years old. Charlie Chaplin...

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

A Photo of the George Field Mechanics Names listed on the back include: Opal Bye Waggoner (2nd from the right), Rachael Griffin, Robert A...