Nelsonville in Athens County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lockbourne Air Force Base Survival School

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 19, 2025

1. Lockbourne Air Force Base Survival School Marker

Inscription.
In May 1952 Lockbourne A.F. Base set up a survival school in Dorr Run, Nelsonville under the direction of M/Sgt. James Rogers. The Korean War was in progress & the mission of the school was to qualify air crews & others in the use of principles procedures, equipment & techniques which permit a person to survive & return without giving aid & comfort to the enemy this monument is dedicated to those instructors who were permanent personnel during the years 1952–1965.

Art Ashcraft • Tom Bise • Bill Deal • Herm Denitz • Dave Dietrick • William Dory • Hal Dumm • Ed Edmonson • Rob Franklin • Bill Gangwer • Don Gump • Jerry Hammond • Curt Heintzelman • R. H. Hoepner • John Houser • John Janaman • Bob Jennings • Ron Jewell • Bob Matthews • J. J. Moore • R. B. Perkins • Paul Murray • Ole Olson • Ralph Overcash • James Rogers • Fill Rolle • Charlie Ryan • John Tuttle • Bill Sauls • Vic Sharron Jr • George Stiffler • Jack Wagner • Tex White • John Wilkinson • Paul Williams

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Education • War, Korean. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1952.

Location. 39° 27.593′ N,

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82° 14.064′ W. Memorial is in Nelsonville, Ohio, in Athens County. It is at the intersection of Hocking Parkway and West Columbus Street, on the right when traveling south on Hocking Parkway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 127 W Columbus St, Nelsonville OH 45764, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Hocking Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans' Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Nelsonville-York - Remember 9/11/01 (within shouting distance of this marker); Hocking Valley Railway (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stuart's Opera House (about 700

American Legion Post No. 229 (Glensord Dugan) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 19, 2025

2. American Legion Post No. 229 (Glensord Dugan)

feet away); The Hocking Valley Coal Strike (about 700 feet away); Daniel Nelson (about 800 feet away); E. M. Poston (about 800 feet away); Unknown Soldier Monument (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nelsonville.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 311 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.