- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- 506th Parachute Regiment, Easy Company
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1941-12
- Subject:
- Military camps--United States
Military personnel--United States
Military training--Georgia--Toccoa
Military uniforms--1940-1950--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Georgia
United States. Army. Battalion, 101st. Parachute Regiment, 506th - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Camp Toccoa, 34.60176, -83.34877
United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa, 34.57732, -83.33239 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of members of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment training at Camp Toccoa in Toccoa, Georgia.
The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division received their initial training at Camp Toccoa in Georgia under the command of Colonel Robert F. Sink. The 506th participated in the Normandy Invasion, Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge. The experiences of the 506th were featured in a best-selling book and television mini series titled "Band of Brothers." - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.290.07
ahc082290007a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1831
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
