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  • Thomas J. Ryan (admiral)
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  • Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. (August 5, 1901 – January 28, 1970) was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Ryan went on to serve in World War II as a destroyer flotilla commander.
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  • 1921
Birth Date
  • 1901-08-05
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Name
  • Thomas John Ryan, Jr.
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  • US Naval Academy photo of Thomas J. Ryan
Birth Place
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • 1970-01-28
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  • Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. (August 5, 1901 – January 28, 1970) was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Ryan went on to serve in World War II as a destroyer flotilla commander.