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Actor Tom Hanks supports Camp Toccoa restoration
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Actor Tom Hanks has donated $25,000 to Camp Toccoa at Currahee Inc. for its ambitious restoration of the World War II paratrooper training camp. He joins retired Gen. David Petreaus as the second big name linked to the organization, which is raising money for the $7.5 million project. Hanks’ connection is that he and Steven Spielberg served as executive producers of “Band of Brothers,” a 2001 HBO miniseries depicting Easy Company’s journey from intense training at Camp Toccoa to airborne landings in Normandy.Easy Company was part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.