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Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located five miles (8 km) west of Toccoa, Georgia. Among the units to train at the camp was the 506th Infantry Regiment. The regiment's Company E ("Easy Company") was portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
The mountain is featured in Tom Hanks' and Steven Spielberg's television miniseries Band of Brothers, in which it was a training site of the American Paratroopers at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where they ran up and down Currahee. [9]
Currahee Mountain, a mountain located in Stephens County, Toccoa, Georgia which gave the motto to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment "Currahee" ( Band of Brothers ) , the first episode of Band of Brothers written about the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Blithe trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, in August 1942 under Captain Herbert Sobel. Blithe jumped with the rest of Easy Company into occupied France as part of the massive Airborne invasion; however, when he landed, he found himself lost. Blithe was joined by a number of other paratroopers who were also part of the mis-drops.
Band of Brothers. New York City: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-74322-454-3. Brotherton, Marcus (2009). We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers. New York City: Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-42522-763-3. Brotherton, Marcus (2010). A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories About the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They ...
His airborne training began in August 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia under Herbert Sobel. Gordon's nickname 'Smokey' came from his tobacco-chewing habit during his time with Easy Company. [ 3 ] During training, Gordon found that he needed more water than others, therefore in the field he began carrying extra Hershey's bars as a way to gain access ...
Tipper was one of the 140 original Toccoa men of Easy Company. Tipper was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Bart Ruspoli. Information about Tipper was featured in the 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain.
Toccoa is a city in far Northeast Georgia near the border with South Carolina. It is the county seat of Stephens County , Georgia , United States, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] located about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta .