Peacetime and interim
Thomas John Ryan
Ensign · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
1 September 1923 · Yokohama, Japan
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Louisiana
- Action
- Yokohama, Japan
The citation
Official citation
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. (Medal presented by President Coolidge at the White House on 15 March 1924.)
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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