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Staff Sergeant Leo Boyle was a non-commissioned officer of the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during the Second World War. Boyle was one of the 140 Toccoa men of Easy Company. Boyle was portrayed in the HBO miniseries ''Band of Brothers'' by Nigel Hoyle. ==Military Service== Born and raised in Pacific Northwest, Boyle joined the army for a three-year stint in 1934.〔p.85, Alexander〕 He then worked as a mechanic for Standard Oil in California.〔p.85, Alexander〕 Boyle was drafted by the army in 1942.〔p.85, Alexander〕 He volunteered for the paratroopers and received training in Toccoa, Georgia with Easy Company. He started as a private, and rose to the rank of sergeant in Camp Mackall.〔location 603, Guarnere〕 Boyle was the gas non-com in charge of the gas training for the company, so he was given the nickname ''Fearless Phosgene''.〔Location 604, Guarnere〕 While in Aldbourne, Boyle met an English girl called Winifred Hawkins.〔735, Guarnere〕 He decided to marry her, and was given permission by Richard Winters, his platoon leader at the time.〔p.119, Winters〕 First Sergeant Bill Evans of Easy Company served as his best man.〔p.119, Winters〕 The wedding day was on May 20, 1944, nine days before Easy Company left for the marshaling area.〔p.59, Alexander〕 The wedding was not without pranks. On the wedding day, his comrade Bill Guarnere 'kidnapped' the bride from the church with the help of smoke grenades and dumped her off somewhere ten miles away before he showed up and acted innocent in the church.〔Location 739, Guarnere〕 Boyle made his first combat jump on D-Day into Normandy as part of Operation Overlord. He was the last man on his plane. As the plane was flying at a tilt, he had to pull himself to the door and rolled out of the plane.〔Chapter 4, Ambrose〕 Boyle marched toward Ste Marie-du-Mont and found Easy Company, after the Brecourt Manor Assault had taken place.〔Chapter 5, Ambrose〕 Boyle was wounded by a machine-gun of a tank near Carentan. He was taken to Utah Beach for evacuation to England.〔Chapter 6, Ambrose〕 Boyle was promoted to Staff Sergeant for headquarter company after the battle in Normandy and became Richard Winters's 'right-hand man'.〔p.85, Alexander〕 Boyle also participated in Operation Market Garden and the action in defending the Island. In October 5, 1944, Boyle was severely wounded by a shell landing nearby on the dike.〔Location 1968, Guarnere〕 Boyle spent nine months in hospitals in Belgium, England and the States. He was discharged on June 22, 1945.〔Chapter 19, Ambrose〕 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「Leo Boyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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