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Airborne Trooper Statue (Iron Mike)
Front, Outside edge of landscape feature: IRON MIKE / IN HONOR OF / AIRBORNE TROOPERS / WHOSE COURAGE, / DEDICATION, AND / TRADITIONS MAKE THEM / THE WORLD’S FINEST / FIGHTING SOLDIERS. Front, rock base: THE ROCK BASE BENEATH IRON MIKE HAS ITS OWN STORY. IN JULY 1942 OVER 5,000 / MEN ARRIVED AT CAMP TOCCOA FOR TRAINING AS A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER, A / PARATROOPER. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS OVER 17,000 SOLDIERS OF THE 501ST, 506TH, / 511TH AND THE 517 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENTS TRAINED AT CAMP TOCCOA. / THESE BOULDERS WERE ACQUIRED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LANDOWNER, THE US / ARMY AND THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE FROM THE STORIED CURRAHEE MOUNTAIN IN / TOCCOA, GEORGIA. TODAY “CURRAHEE’ IS THE MOTTO OF THE 506TH PIR. / “CURRAHEE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN WORK THAT MEANS “STAND ALONE”. / PARATROOPERS “STAND ALONE” AS THEY DROP BEHIND ENEMY LINES.
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Date of Installation:
September 23, 1961
Organization Responsible for Installation:
U. S. Army
Memorial War Era(s):
WWII
Other
Location:
The statue stands outside the entrance to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum facing north looking towards the North Carolina Veterans Park. The museum is located at 100 Bragg Blvd. Fayetteville, NC 28301.
Published on March 27, 2017