User:ERyan

Biography
Born a few minutes after my twin brother(Eric Ryan) on October 21st 1921. i was born into a family of 5( Eric,Edward,Henry,Andrew,Arthur Ryan) We were adopted by our relatives(The Ryans) after our parents shipped us to immigrate to America from Ireland. We would live in Carteret, New Jersey with our new parents and our new 7 brothers(Edward, George, Richard, Jimmy, Thomas, Bobby, Donald) and our 2 new sisters(Jane and Marrian). in 1940 i would join the Marines and begin my training. my entire family( all 12 brothers and 2 sisters) would join the military. During the attack on Pearl Harbor I was stationed on the USS California. After being torpedoed 7 times i abandoned ship and was picked up by a PT boat. We drove around the harbor and picked up suvivors and help sink 1 of the 5 midget subs that was attempting to enter the harbor. After the attack i was almost immediatly sent with a supply convoy to the Phillipians to reinforce the Marine units stationed there. I was there for about a month. After the retreat from the Phillipians I was sent to Hawaii were we prepared for the invasion of the Solomons. I would be placed in a Marine Raider unit that would head into Gaudancanal before the main forces arrived to soften up enemy fortifications and communications. After the main invasion commenced command said i was needed in a diversion raid on Makin.