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...

Ray Burnett, Combat Crew Radio Operator 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, described his experience at George Field for the 1996 reunion. “I...

In 1941, the location of George Field (Army Air Force Field) was a sparsely settled stretch of Illinois Prairie in Lawrence County where...

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...

“Samuel Armor , 94, died August 25, 1937, at the County home (Poor Farm) near Bridgeport. Deceased was born in Kentucky March 12, 1842,...

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...