Ryan Brothers in Service - 1944

Four Ryan Brothers in Service - 1944

 

 

 

Few parents have the distinction of having four sons in service.  Such is the case of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan of Deposit [Broome Co., NY], who have three sons, Lawrence, Bernard and Vincent, in the army, and one son, Paul, in the Seabees, construction division  of the navy.

 



Private Lawrence J. Ryan was inducted from Walton last June.  His basic training was given him at Fort McClellan, Alabama, where he was assigned to the infantry.  He also trained at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and at Pine Camp in northern New York state, before being sent to Camp Pickett in Virginia.  He is now serving overseas with a tank battalion....

 

Corporal Vincent M. Ryan, now a member of the Signal Corps, was inducted from Walton in February, 1942, and was trained at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.  He also received training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas before going to Wisconsin....

 

Corporal Bernard A. Ryan, now with the 22nd Transport Squadron at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, was inducted at Newark, N.J., last July.  He received his basic training at Atlantic City and Fort Dix, New Jersey, and was assigned to the army Air Corps.  he had been stationed at Santa Monica, Calif., before going to Florida where he is at present.

 

Paul L. Ryan, who holds the naval rating of carpenter's mate, second class, enlisted in the Seabees in Buffalo last January.  He received his "boot" training in Virginia and Rhode Island and was then transferred to California, where he now awaits orders to go into foreign service. 

 

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have two daughters, Katherine and Eileen. The former is engaged in defense work at the Binghamton medical depot, while Eileen is a student at the Deposit Central School.