Click to see a PDF version of the slides accompanying Stan Schmitt's lecture of Evansville during the Civil War, presented September 15, 2004 at Trinity United Methodist Church. Stan's presentation centered about how Evansville served as a training, supply, and medical center supporting Union forces in the West during the Civil War.
The picture to the right is of B-17 Sentimental Jouney's visit to Evansville.
Click the picture to the right to see a larger version of it.
Click for more on the plane
LST 325 in Evansville.
Although LST 325 was not built in Evansville, many LSTs were. In many
respects, this call from LST 325 is a homecoming. Click the picture below
to go to an image gallery for LST 325's first day.
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Click here to see a scanned copy of Evansville Shipyard 1942-1944 produced by the War Production Committee of the Shipyard itself. This book contains pictures both of the shipyard and of LSTs in action. (It includes this picture of LST 325 beached at Normandy.)
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Click here to see an April 1944 issue of The Invader, a publication of the Evansville Shipyard.
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Click to see a Life Magazine ad for P-47s (built in Evansville) and the July 1944 War Bond cover of Screenland magazine.
The Vanderburgh County Historical Society is interested in
videotaping local history. If you have information about working in the
Evansville shipyards or serving on an LST, email Terry
Hughes by clicking on his name.