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305:, a three-mile (5 km) and six-mile (10 km) race on the mountain that occurs in the fall. The first Saturday of June has a run called the "D-Day Run" held by the Camp Toccoa at Currahee organization.
286:, Georgia, where they ran up and down Currahee. The name of the mountain became a motto for these paratroopers, and inspired the quote: "Three miles up, three miles down." (5 km up, 5 km down)
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Currahee
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615:"Col. Robert F. Sink Trail - City of Toccoa"
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443:Calhoun Times and Gordon County News
386:United States Department of Commerce
677:Geographic Names Information System
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1157:Mountains of Georgia (U.S. state)
299:506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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682:United States Geological Survey
565:Cooksey, Elizabeth B. (2014).
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592:. Georgia.org. Archived from
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700:"Currahee Mountain, Georgia"
463:Kappler, Charles J. (1904).
411:. Macon, Ga: Winship Press.
268:The mountain is featured in
1111:Pine Mountain (Cobb County)
405:Krakow, Kenneth K. (2002).
230:View from Currahee Mountain
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571:. New Georgia Encyclopedia
540:Hawkins, Benjamin (2003).
49:1,735 ft (529 m)
303:Annual Currahee Challenge
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250:to run the Hawkins Line.
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492:Twohig, Dorothy (1993).
445:. 1990-08-29. p. 64
378:National Geodetic Survey
201:Stephens County, Georgia
775:Big John Dick Mountain
339:upstate South Carolina
291:Colonel Robert F. Sink
246:. It was also used by
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94:34.52917°N 83.37583°W
860:Horsetrough Mountain
762:Blue Ridge Mountains
754:Mountains of Georgia
644:"Currahee Challenge"
619:www.cityoftoccoa.com
253:On 12 October 1864,
169:Blue Ridge Mountains
65:Mountains of Georgia
1116:Pine Mountain Range
1064:Chenocetah Mountain
785:Black Rock Mountain
672:"Currahee Mountain"
590:"Currahee Mountain"
408:Georgia Place-names
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1028:White Oak Mountain
890:Slaughter Mountain
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439:"The Names Stayed"
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978:Horseleg Mountain
925:Screamer Mountain
895:Springer Mountain
810:Currahee Mountain
770:Big Bald Mountain
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335:northeast Georgia
323:at the top holds
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255:Confederate
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72:Coordinates
1146:Categories
945:Rocky Knob
915:Young Lick
880:Rabun Bald
865:Jacks Knob
800:Coosa Bald
709:2008-12-01
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649:2015-02-06
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354:References
314:rappelling
211:word ᏊᏩᎯ (
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920:Rich Knob
343:NWS Greer
270:Tom Hanks
263:Civil War
222:Geography
213:quu-wa-hi
110:Geography
45:Elevation
825:Flat Top
349:See also
209:Cherokee
197:mountain
176:Topo map
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203:, near
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