United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1873–1937)
"Dan Daly" redirects here. For the actor and comedian, see Dan Daly (comedian).
Not to be confused with Daniel A. Dailey.
Daniel Daly
Birth name
Daniel Joseph Daly
Born
(1873-11-11)November 11, 1873 Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
Died
April 27, 1937(1937-04-27) (aged 63) New York City, U.S.
Buried
Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1899–1929
Rank
Sergeant Major
Unit
2nd Marine Regiment
6th Marine Regiment
Battles/wars
Boxer Rebellion
Battle of Peking
Banana Wars
Battle of Veracruz
Battle of Fort Dipitie
World War I
Battle of Aisne
Battle of Belleau Wood
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
Meuse–Argonne offensive
Awards
Medal of Honor (2)
Navy Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Citation Star
Purple Heart (2)
Médaille militaire (France)
Croix de Guerre (France)
Daniel Joseph Daly (November 11, 1873 – April 27, 1937)[1][2] was a United States Marine and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. Daly and Major General Smedley Butler are the only Marines who earned two Medals of Honor for two separate acts of valor.[3]
Daly is among the most decorated U.S. Marines in history, and over a thirty year career saw action in all the major Marine Corps campaigns from 1899 to the end of World War I. He earned his first Medal of Honor during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and the second in Haiti in 1915. Butler described Daly as "the fightingest Marine I ever knew...It was an object lesson to have served with him."[4]
In World War I, Daly became further cemented into Marine Corps lore when he is said to have yelled, "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" to his company before charging the Germans at the Battle of Belleau Wood, though there is considerable evidence that the battle cry was the invention of an enthusiastic war correspondent. He was also awarded the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in France.
Daly's Medals of Honor are on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, which also features the "live forever" quote etched in the stone of the building's rotunda.[5][6]
^Cerasini 2002, p. 132
^Wise Jr. & Baron 2007, p. 232
^Cerasini 2002, p. 97
^Wise Jr. & Baron 2007, p. 235
^"Iconic Artifacts". National Museum of the Marine Corps. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
^Warren, Paul (2016). Adventurer Floyd Gibbons: Eye Street's Eyewitness to History. Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. p. 99. ISBN 978-1535418188.
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