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Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial

 
 
Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
1. Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
This monument is dedicated to those men and women who served and trained at Sampson Air Force Base during the years 1950 to 1956 By the bond of men their flight is won

[Sculpture] "Pitching Up"
Dexter Benedict • Sculptor

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceEducationWar, ColdWar, Korean.
 
Location. 42° 43.716′ N, 76° 54.369′ W. Memorial is near Romulus, New York, in Seneca County. It is on the Sampson State Park Entrance Drive, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is on the grounds of the Sampson Memorial Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Sampson State Park 6096 NY Route 96A, Romulus NY 14541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Portal to Air Power (within shouting distance of this marker); Anchors Aweigh (within shouting distance of this marker); Sampson Naval Training Base World War II Honored Dead (within shouting distance of this marker); T-2C Buckeye (within shouting distance of this marker); Jets Go To War (within shouting distance of this marker); The Sampson State Park Experience (approx.
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0.6 miles away); U. S. Naval Training Station & Center 1942-1946 (approx. Ύ mile away); U.S. Air Force Training Base (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Romulus.
 
Also see . . .
1. Sampson Air Force Base. (Submitted on July 1, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Sampson Memorial Museum. (Submitted on July 1, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
2. Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial
Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, May 27, 2019
3. Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Statue
Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Sculpture Detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
4. Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Sculpture Detail
Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Sculptor Mark image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
5. Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial Sculptor Mark
Sampson Memorial Museum Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
6. Sampson Memorial Museum Sign
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 441 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on May 21, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.   4, 5. submitted on July 1, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   6. submitted on June 30, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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