![]() | B.O.B "Currahee" - Currahee Mountain Currahee Mountain is a mountain located in Stephens County, Georgia near Toccoa. It is the last (or southernmost) mountain in the Blue Ridge mountain range. Currahee appears to be derived from the Cherokee word gurahiyi, which means "water cress place" or may mean "standing alone." Currahee Mountain rises about 900 feet above the local topography and, with an overall elevation of 1740 feet, is the highest peak in Stephens county. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. |
![]() | The Making "Band Of Brothers" (Part 2/ 3) The Making "Band Of Brother" Part 2 of 3 |
![]() | Band of Brothers - Get out of my office... GET! Dale Dye as Col. Robert Sink gives some soliders that mutiny against capt. sobel a stretch. One of mye favourite moments in BOB. |
![]() | Toccoa Falls Dam Failure Just after midnight nearly thirty years ago on November 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam failed, releasing 176 million gallons of water just above Toccoa Falls College campus in northern Georgia. Thirty-nine people lost their lives. Sadly, twenty of those deaths were children. |
![]() | B.O.B "Currahee" - The Story Begins Band Of Brothers: The story begins July 1942. Easy Company, 506th Battalion, 101st Airborne Corps arrive in Camp Toccoa in Georgia, under the supervision of Company leader, Captain Herbert Sobel. Captain Herbert Sobel ====================== Herbert M. Sobel (January 26, 1912 - September 30, 1987) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. He was initially the commanding officer of Company "E" in the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the unit that is the subject of the book Band of Brothers by author Stephen Ambrose. In the BBC/HBO miniseries adaptation of the book, Captain Sobel was portrayed by actor David Schwimmer. |
![]() | The Forgotten Battalion This is a seven minute trailer from the forth coming documentary and book which tells the definitive story of the 3rd Battalion, 506th parachute infantry regiment. From their formation at camp Toccoa, through to the end of WW2. Told from over 60 hours of interviews from the few remaining 3rd Battalion veterans. Please visit us at http://www.theforgottenbattalion.com/ |
![]() | B.O.B "Day of Days" - Paratroops reunions Soon enough, the men find other paratroops collected in a captured town. There are several reunions, but there are still many men missing, most noticeably, Easy Company commanding officer, Lieutenant Thomas Meehan. This means that Lieutenant Winters is acting CO. (It turns out in the end that Meehan's plane was shot down, killing all on board.) |
![]() | B.O.B "Day of Days" - Bottle of wine As the blanket of night covers Normandy and the men of Easy Company, Winters takes time to contemplate what had happened during the day. To the surprise of Guarnere and company, he takes a long pull from a bottle of wine, adding as an afterthought: "I'm not a Quaker." (Later, he tells Nixon how badly he felt for the loss of Pvt Hall.) (For the successful assault on the German battery, Winters received the Distinguished Service Cross. Compton, Guarnere, Pvt Gerald Lorraine, and Toye got the Silver Star, while Lipton, Malarkey, Pvt Mike Ranney, Liebgott, Pvt Walter Hendrix, Pvt John Plesha, Pvt Cleveland Petty, and Wynn got Bronze Stars.) |
![]() | B.O.B "Currahee" - Parachute training Toward the end of November 1942, the 506th PIR was ordered to Fort Benning for parachute training. Upon arrival at Fort Benning, the 506th immediately started their parachute training. They learned to pack their own chutes and to prepare their equipment to be dropped in an airborne operation. Once their advanced airborne training at Fort Benning was completed, the unit moved to Camp Mackall, NC. It was here that extensive tactical training was conducted, including many night jumps. |
![]() | Military training Gun shooting accident "the first" FUNNY An arab trying to shoot with a big gun but goes very wrong lol!!! MUST WATCH!!! |
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