Local writer Sarah St. John pulls from the Journal-World archives to compile reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence decades ago.
In late September and early October of 1917, festivities such as dances and concerts were held for the soldiers temporarily stationed in Lawrence before they were sent to Fort Sill for further training. Among these parties was a dinner prepared and served to Company M at the University of ...
Officials in Washington made a decision this week directly affecting the military organizations from the Lawrence area. According to press dispatches, the First Kansas Infantry was to be “consolidated with the Second Kansas to form the 137th Infantry, the only Kansas Infantry regiment in the ...
In the days leading up to their departure for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, local military organizations continued to camp in Lawrence. Battery B, which had been staying at Woodland Park, was forced to vacate its sleeping quarters to make room for September’s Douglas County Fair. The battery moved ...
John Musgrave, a local Vietnam War veteran and participant in Ken Burns’ new documentary on the conflict, will speak at a screening of the film Monday at Liberty Hall. Musgrave’s experiences as a Marine serving in Vietnam are featured prominently in Burns’ 18-hour series “The Vietnam ...
Russell Cowgill of Lawrence wrote home this week from aviation training school in Dayton, Ohio. According to the Lawrence Journal-World, “Cowgill was a K. U. football player last fall, but the new sport of flying is what he calls a ‘rare sport.’ His brief letter follows: 'Well, I’ve had ...
Vietnam veteran John Musgrave went to war with a learned hatred of the enemy and no knowledge of what the conflict was about beyond that of Cold War rhetoric.But over the years, those feelings ultimately gave way to an understanding of and empathy toward those men he fought a half-century ago. ...