Skydiver injured in documentary jump in Toccoa

A skydiver is recovering after getting stuck in a tree during a practice jump in Toccoa. The retired military skydiver was part of a group that will be filming a documentary on the Band of Brothers unit that trained at Camp Currahee before fighting in World War II.

From the Ga News Network…

23 years later, the cast of the hit HBO Series “Band of Brothers” gathered in northeast Georgia to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-day.

Board member for Camp Toccoa Brad Retting said All Airborne Battalion, a nonprofit organization focusing on conducting operations to honor the legacy of service members before them, led the actors in training and introduced them to life in the barracks.  The actors say the exercises all prepared them to do just like the men they portrayed did and parachute into Normandy. The event was part of a documentary of the cast’s trip from Toccoa to Normandy.

Learn more at Currahee to Normandy dot com.

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