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Joe Toye 20 Us. [3] Youth Born in Hughestown, Luzerne County to Peter and Beatrice McTighue Toye, he was the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner. [4] Toye dropped out of high school during his junior year. [5] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the army on December 11, 1941 at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. [5] He completed basic training and was stationed in Washington, D.C. in early 1942. Eager for a bigger salary, Joe volunteered for the paratroopers and joined what would become Easy Company at Camp Toccoa. Military service Joseph Toye joined Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, to fight in World War II. He made his first combat jump on D-Day of Operation Overlord, as part of the Allied invasion of France. Joe Toye was known as the "toughest of the tough" and was one of the most respected soldiers in the company. Joe Toye was wounded several times during the war, earning him the Purple Heart a total of four times, a sum that the book by Stephen Ambrose credits as being Easy's highest total. [6] Like many Easy Company soldiers, Joe would often head right back to the line after being wounded, not wanting to leave his friends. He was wounded by Artillery (which killed fellow soldier James Campbell right next to him) in the Netherlands during the failed Operation Market-Garden, and also in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, from December 1944 to January 1945. [7] He earned his three last Purple Hearts there. Bastogne is also where Joe lost his right leg on January 3, 1945. [7] One of his closest friends, William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, also lost his right leg while trying to drag Joe to safety after he had been hit. [7] This incident is portrayed in the miniseries Band of Brothers, episode "The Breaking Point". In the Band of Brothers bonus documentary, Bill Guarnere quotes Joe as saying "Jesus Christ, what do I have to do to die?", as he had been already wounded numerous times. He was also nearly wounded a few times while taking the artillery battery on D-Day, a grenade landed between Toye's legs. It exploded, but he only bounced up and down from the concussion. Later years Joe Toye spent about nine months in hospitals, and was finally discharged from the army hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [8] He had been a coal miner, foundry, mill worker in his life prior to the war, but with one leg such work was no longer possible. He retired from Bethlehem Steel in Reading, Pennsylvania as a drill bit grinder at Grace Mines. He was married twice; the first time being on December 15, 1945 while recovering in Atlantic City. [8] Toye was discharged in February 1946. [9] He had three sons and one daughter (Pete, Steven, Jonathan, and Anita), and 7 grandchildren. Predeceased by a son, Joseph Toye died of cancer in 1995 in Reading, Pennsylvania. [10] Major Richard Winters delivered his eulogy. [10] He is buried in Gethsemane Cemetery in Laureldale, near Reading, PA alongside his wife. [11]
Joe Toye 21 References [1] DeAngelis, Frank. "Toye's shadowbox" (http:/ / www. frankdeangelis. com/ Staff Sergeant Joseph Toye. htm). . Retrieved 2009-10-08. [2] Social Security Death Index record (http:/ / ssdi. rootsweb. ancestry. com/ cgi-bin/ ssdi. cgi?ssn=178-03-2692) [3] (http:/ / us. penguingroup. com/ nf/ Book/ BookDisplay/ 0,,9780425234204,00. html?A_Company_of_Heroes_Marcus_Brotherton) [4] Reading Eagle obituary, December 1995 [5] WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database (http:/ / aad. archives. gov/ aad/ record-detail. jsp?dt=893& mtch=3& tf=F& q=joseph+ toye& bc=& rpp=10& pg=1& rid=683456& rlst=4187461,4355454,683456) [6] Ambrose, p.295. [7] Ambrose, p.200. [8] Ambrose, p.295. [9] Winters, p.278. [10] Alexander, p.253. [11] Reading Eagle Obituary, December 1995 Bibliography • Ambrose, Stephen E. (1992). Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7434-6411-6. • Alexander, Larry (2005). Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers. NAL Caliber. ISBN 0-451-21510-9. • Winters, Richard D., with Cole C. Kingseed (2006). Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-425-20813-3. • Brotherton, Marcus (2010). A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-425-23420-4. External links • Official website dedicated to Joseph Toye (http:/ / www. joetoye. com/ index. php?option=com_frontpage& Itemid=1)
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