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.