After the hike back down Currahee, we re-visited the site of Camp Toccoa, this time
with the sun shining in a blue October sky. Close to the bottom of the trail is the only
remaining building from the World War II camp: a long white brick building that is
believed to be a former mess hall for Camp Toccoa. Similar buildings are visible in
this aerial photograph, a row of the buildings running from the top to the bottom in the
center of the photograph. Photograph courtesy of the Stephens County Historical
Society.

This former Camp Toccoa building may be one of the buildings on the far right of the
                          aerial photograph of the camp shown above.

The site of the former camp has now been taken over by local businesses
and reclaimed by Georgia pines. Most of the camp buildings were
constructed of lumber and were easily dismantled after the War ended.
However, here and there are indications of the camp that was such a bustling
center of activity in those dark days of 1942...old street curbs, fire hydrants,
dirt roads through the pines. Toccoa has placed street signs along Camp
Drive to mark where some of the camp streets were located:

Fire hydrant with a 1942 foundry date. Standing along Camp Drive.

The memorial at the former entrance to Camp Toccoa
commemorates not only the thousands of men who trained
at the Camp, but also those who made the ultimate
sacrifice for the cause of freedom. We will be forever in
their debt.

                      We honor their memory