After a lifetime spent in secrecy, a decorated Army veteran from New York has come out as gay in his obituary. In a final message to the world, Col. Edward Thomas Ryan of Albany, 85, said he had ...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (WTEN) — U.S. Army veteran Edward Thomas Ryan died at the age of 85 on June 1 in Albany, New York. In his obituary, the retired colonel revealed a secret that he’d kept hidden ...

I’ve had the privilege of working with Edward Thomas’ archive for over ten years ... there would have been no expectation on him to join the army. Having done so in 1915, he was posted to ...