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Camp Toccoa was a United States Army paratrooper training camp during World War II west of Toccoa, Georgia. It was first planned in 1938, constructed by the Georgia National Guard and the Works Projects Administration beginning 17 January 1940, and was dedicated 14 December 1940. The U.S. Army took over the site in 1942. ==World War II== The U.S. Army took over a site with few buildings or permanent structures: personnel were originally housed in tents. More permanent barracks were built as the first soldiers started to arrive. Initially, Camp Toccoa used the Toccoa municipal airport for jump training, but following a transport accident, it was abandoned for having too short a runway for safe C-39 and C-47 operations. All further jump training occurred at Fort Benning, Georgia. Camp Toccoa also lacked a rifle range, so airborne trainees would march to Clemson Agricultural College, a military school in South Carolina, to practice on the college's shooting range. The most prominent local landmark is Currahee Mountain. Paratroopers in training ran from the camp up the mountain and back, memorialized in the HBO series, ''Band of Brothers'', with the shout "three miles up, three miles down." Members of the 506th still refer to themselves as "Currahees", derived from the Cherokee word ''gurahiyi'', which means "stand alone, together".〔''Curraheee Mountain in (''Georgia Place-Names'' by Kenneth K. Krakow )〕 The crest is surmounted by a group of 6 fully deployed〔506th Infantry Regiment (United States)〕parachutes. Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone, started his military career here in 1943. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camp Toccoa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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