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211723 James J. Ryan United States Navy USS Houston from:Mount Laurel, NJ During World War II, James Ryan served for three years in the Navy, including aboard the USS Houston, a light cruiser commissioned in 1943. He was on the ship in the South Pacific in 1944 when it was torpedoed. Survivors wound up in the water for several hours before they were rescued. Mr. Ryan and those who were not wounded floated in life jackets or hung on to the life rafts where they had put the injured sailors. But the crippled USS Houston did not sink. It was towed to a nearby port, and Mr. Ryan rejoined the ship a couple of weeks later, eventually helping to nurse it back through the Panama Canal and to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where it was repaired. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.