Background
Ready, Joseph Louis was born on November 17, 1895 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick and Annie Elizabeth (Keenan) Ready.
Ready, Joseph Louis was born on November 17, 1895 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick and Annie Elizabeth (Keenan) Ready.
Graduate Infantry School, 1923, Command and General staff schedul, 1936, Army War College, 1939.
Promoted through grades to brigadier general, 1942. Assistant division commander 7th Infantry Division. Commander forward echelon infantry attack on Marshall Islands, February 1944.
Assistant commander 7th Division in Leyte campaign and battle of Okinawa.
1st military occupational commander Seoul, of Korea, 1944-1945. Senior commander National Guard Maine, 1946-1949.
Retired Camp Keyes, Augusta, Maine, 1949. Assistant civil defense director Maine, 1951-1952.
Married Inez Eliza Stevens, August 2, 1927. Children: Joseph Leo, Helen Elizabeth, Barbara.