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

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...

Situated  on the fertile land of Eastern Illinois near the Wabash River in Lawrence County, George Field was one of the most important...

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...

News of Boys in Service October 15, 1942 Bridgeport Leader   Word has been received of the change of address of Junior Chapman. He...

Saturday, a wonderful couple from Cumberland County Illinois drove down and donated this sign to the Historical Society. They had...

Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage.  To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...