Metcalfe revisits Camp Toccoa

WWII veteran invited to watch paratrooper training

Gene Metcalfe is a 103-year-old WWII veteran. He returned to Camp Toccoa where he trained to be a paratrooper last week as part of the All-Airborne Battalion's paratrooper training sessions.
Gene Metcalfe is a 103-year-old WWII veteran. He returned to Camp Toccoa where he trained to be a paratrooper last week as part of the All-Airborne Battalion's paratrooper training sessions.

BY MICHAEL O’HEARN

THE TOCCOA RECORD

 

A veteran returning to where they trained for war can be an uneasy experience.

Just ask Gene Metcalfe, a 103-year-old WWII veteran who visited Toccoa last week.