Issaqueena Bombing Range
During World War II the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) used Lake Issaqueena and surrounding land as a bombing range. The lake was built in 1938 as part of the New Deal-era Clemson Land Use Project. The War Department acquired most of the range property from the college in 1942. It was used primarily by B-25 Mitchell bomber crews from Greenville Army Air Base, later Donaldson Air Force Base.
USAAF crews dropped thousands of 100-lb. practice bombs on two target areas. Lake Issaqueena was used for skp-bombing runs, in which pilots “skipped” bombs across the water to the target. Northwest of the lake was a land range used for medium-altitude bombing. Practice missions took place until the war’s end in 1945. Clemson later resumed control of the lake and returned it to recreational use.
Where it stands. Six Mile Hwy. and Old Six Mile Rd., Central vicinity, Central vicinity