Joe Toye | A Coal Region soldier in the “Band of Brothers”

Joe Toye Photo and from Band of Brothers Jake Wynn Public Historian Coal Region

Hughestown, PA native Joe Toye enlisted days after Pearl Harbor, jumped into Europe with Easy Company, 506th PIR, and was gravely wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He came home to Pennsylvania, built a life at Bethlehem Steel, and later was portrayed by Kirk Acevedo in HBO’s Band of Brothers. Read the full story.

Lt. Harry Welsh training for the paratroopers in 1942 | Band of Brothers

Meet Lieutenant Harry F. Welsh of Wilkes-Barre, a determined paratrooper who joined the famed Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division. Discover his role in the legendary “Band of Brothers” and the lasting impact he made. Read the full story

Lieutenant Harry Welsh of ‘Band of Brothers’ – Wounded at Bastogne on Christmas Eve, 1944

Harry Welsh's wounding during the Battle of the Bulge was portrayed in gory detail in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."