Stephens County Historical Society

Currahee Military Museum

New Location

160 N. Alexander Street

Toccoa, Georgia 30577

Downtown Toccoa Train Depot

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Circa 1942

 

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The camp is gone, dismantled soon after the war, but memories are still there. Memorials to Camp Toccoa,  Paratroopers and

 Colonel Robert F. Sink  have been erected in the Memory of the Men that trained and served during WWII.

Units that trained at Camp Toccoa during this time 501st , 506th, 511th, 517th and 295th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company

Memorials to these Units are located on the property that was once the entrance to Camp Toccoa. After the war the came site became an industrial complex. Patterson Pump has a collection of photos of the Camp site,  from the early beginnings of the site as the company began operations in Toccoa. Across the road, Milliken & Company has the only standing building left of the site.

Visitors, historians, tour groups and reunion groups come from around the world to visit the area that became "home" to the men during their training at Camp Toccoa.  The Museum houses photos, documents and memorabilia of WWII.

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Questions please call 706-282-5055  Monday - Friday  10:00 to 4:00  EST

 

Contact us: toccoahistory@windstream.net

   706-282-5055