Photograph, Cpt. Bernard Ryan, Medic, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, Belgium, May 1945

Genuine WWII US photograph, showing Captain Bernard J. Ryan, Assistant Battalion Surgeon, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, posing with a young lady.

Picture taken in Liège, Belgium in May 1945.

Original print, in good overall condition.

Format: 2.16in x 3.42in.

Bernard Joseph Ryan, whose paternal grandparents had emigrated from County Tipperary, Ireland, was born on June 1st, 1916 in Chateaugay, New York. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1940 and joined the US Army on February 11, 1943. He was awarded his 'jump wings' and went on to deploy to Europe with 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, taking part in all major campaigns from Normandy to Holland and from Belgium to Germany. A recipient of the Silver Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, he was discharged on November 25, 1945 as a Captain. He passed away on February 14, 2005.

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/75404608/bernard-joseph-ryan

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