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| branch = 25px United States Army | serviceyears = 1941–1946 | battles = World War II *Battle of Normandy *Operation Market Garden *Battle of the Bulge | awards = Silver Star Bronze Star Purple Heart (4) Good Conduct Medal | relations = Betty (wife) Pete (son) Steven (son) Jonathan (son) Anita (daughter) | laterwork = Coal miner, Foundry, Mill worker | website = }} Joseph J. "Joe" Toye (14 March 19193 September 1995) was a United States Army soldier who fought in World War II. During the war, he served with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Toye was portrayed in the HBO miniseries ''Band of Brothers'' by Kirk Acevedo. 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.''〔()〕 ==Early life and education== Toye was born in Hughestown, Pennsylvania, to Peter and Beatrice McTighue Toye, the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner.〔Reading Eagle obituary, December 1995〕 Toye dropped out of high school during his junior year.〔(WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database )〕 Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the army on 11 December 1941 at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.〔 He completed Basic Combat Training and was stationed in Washington, D.C. in early 1942. Eager for a bigger salary, he volunteered for the paratroopers and joined what would become Easy Company at Camp Toccoa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Toye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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