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Ryland Dillard Tisdale
Commander Ryland Dillard Tisdale (November 15, 1894 – May 23, 1942) was an American naval officer who served during both World Wars I and II. He was awarded the Navy Cross and posthumously the Silver Star.
==World War I participation==
Tisdale was trained at the Naval Ordnance Proving Ground (now the Naval Ordnance Station) located in Charles County, Maryland, about 25 miles south of Washington, D.C. He was appointed a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy on July 7, 1911 and graduated on June 5, 1915. Between his commissioning and the entry of the United States into World War I, Ens. Tisdale served in and .
On June 5, 1917, less than two months after the declaration of war, Tisdale reported on board USAT ''Antilles'', apparently for duty with an armed-guard gun crew assigned to that chartered Army transport. He served in that ship until she was torpedoed off Brest, France, on October 17.
Tisdale subsequently received a special letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for displaying ". . . coolness and courage in command of the forward guns, . . ." and for not leaving his post ". . . until he was forced to dive from the bridge of the sinking vessel." Tisdale also assisted other Antilles survivors onto life rafts. He was picked up by either or and taken into Brest. On October 23, he took passage on for Great Britain, where he reported for duty to the senior United States Navy officer present. After temporary duty on , he returned to the United States on December 12.
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