Down From Heaven - The 11th Airborne Division in World War II & Beyond
Camp Toccoa: One Camp's Big Impact on World War II
May 21, 202424 min · 3,864 words
Show notes
Join 11th Airborne Division historian Jeremy C. Holm for this special presentation originally given during the dinner banquet for Toccoa, Georgia's famous 2023 World War II Weekend. Jeremy was invited to speak on the impact that Camp Toccoa had on both the airborne and the outcome of the war.
Highlighted moments
When the 1944 election was held, only 40% of the 11th Airborne was old enough to vote. But they were old enough to fight a war,
“We had no feeling of fear on our first jump because you're too dumb to know what it's all about.”
“the count of dead Japanese was more like 75.”
“it came back rejected two days later because the quota of Silver Stars had been filled.”
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