In July 1942, 5,000 men arrived at the remote training camp 5 miles outside of Toccoa, Georgia at Currahee Mountain for training as a new type of soldier - a paratrooper. Over the next few years 17,000 soldiers from 501st, 506th, 511th, and 517th Parachute Infantry Division (PID), known as the "Toccoa Men", trained at Camp Toccoa in preparation to defend the free world from the German offensive that was World War II. Come D-day (June 6th, 1944) thousands of men from the Allied collalition would invade Normandy, France. Join me as we hike up the famed Currahee in honor of all the men and women who took part in that historic day.
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