THOMAS J. RYAN MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Location: NORTH LAKESHORE DRIVE AND PRYCE STREET
City: LAKE CHARLES
State: Louisiana
Zip Code: 70601
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques
Year Dedicated: 1998
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: PEACETIME
Photograph By: CAJUN SCRAMBLER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
His citation reads as follows:
For heroism in effecting the rescue of a woman from the burning Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, on 1 September 1923. Following the earthquake and fire which occurred in Yokohama on 1 September, Ens. Ryan, with complete disregard for his own life, extricated a woman from the Grand Hotel, thus saving her life. His heroic conduct upon this occasion reflects the greatest credit on himself and on the U.S. Navy, of which he is a part.
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