He earned his three last Purple Hearts there.īastogne is also where Joe lost his right leg on January 3, 1945. 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 in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, from December 1944 to January 1945. Like many Easy Company soldiers, Joe would often head right back to the line after being wounded, not wanting to leave his friends. Ambrose credits as being Easy's highest total. 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 E. Joe Toye was known as the "toughest of the tough" and was one of the most respected soldiers in the company. He made his first combat jump on D-Day of Operation Overlord, as part of the Allied invasion of France. Joseph Toye joined Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, to fight in World War II. Eager for a bigger salary, Joe volunteered for the paratroopers and joined what would become Easy Company at Camp Toccoa. He completed basic training and was stationed in Washington, D.C. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the army on Decemat Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Toye dropped out of high school during his junior year.
īorn in Hughestown, Luzerne County to Peter and Beatrice McTighue Toye, he was the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner. Toye's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us. Toye was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Kirk Acevedo. Toye (Ma– September 3, 1995) was an American soldier with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
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