This trail up Currahee Mountain honors Col. Robert Sink, who built the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Toccoa from 1942. His paratroopers ran 'three miles up, three miles down' Currahee, later immortalized in Band of Brothers.
The Col. Robert Sink Memorial Trail
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The Col. Robert Sink Memorial Trail is a historical marker in Toccoa, Stephens County, erected in 2000. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Stephens County, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.5516, -83.3954 near Toccoa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mount Pleasant Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lathan Cemetery, Currahee Cemetery, and Zebulon Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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