Camp Toccoa was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located five miles west of Toccoa, Georgia. Among the units to train at the camp was the 506th Infantry Regiment. The regiment's Company E was portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
Camp Toccoa in 1942
Image: Richard Winters
Image: Sgt Blithe at Toccoa
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, located about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta. The population was 9,133 as of the 2020 census.
Stephens County Courthouse in Toccoa
Toccoa, 1941
Traveler's Rest
Toccoa Falls