DANIEL JOSEPH DALY (born Glen Cove, 1873-m. Glendale, 1937)
There are some characters that have gone down in history for a phrase, and one of them, as example that concerns us today, the final sentence finished by forgetting the character himself, who quoted vaguely as "a Marine sergeant in World War I" in the best.
Daniel Daly was born in Glen Cove (New York) in November 1873. During the early years of his life served the most diverse jobs, from delivering newspapers to a boxer, before enlisting in the Marines in January 1899 with the idea of \u200b\u200bparticipating in the war in Cuba . As the war ended before completing his training, Daly did not receive his baptism of fire until a year later and at the other end of the world, in China during the Boxer Rebellion . Daly was one of the Marines, with a handful of soldiers of other nationalities, defended the diplomatic quarter in Beijing for almost three months against the attack of the Chinese fans. On the night of June 12, 1900 ordered alone defend a position of the wall called tartar while the rest of his teammates reinforcing the defenses of the place. At dawn Daly was surrounded by bodies about 200 Chinese, who had killed without any help. Some (few) thanks to his accurate aim, and the other with a rifle butt when he ran out of ammunition. For this action he received the Medal of Honor Congress, the highest award the military can hope for an American. After the war
boxers, Daly participated in the American occupation of Veracruz in 1914, already sergeant in the Haitian in 1915. On 24 October of that year, Daly and a group of 35 other marines were ambushed by more than 400 burglars (Haitian guerrillas) as they crossed a river. Although they may be strong, the unit lost the mule carrying the gun and at night the head of the unit ordered back. Daly volunteered immediately recovered the weapon in a discovery and as a result managed to keep thieves at bay until dawn. Later the Marines staged an attack at several points with which succeeded in annihilating the enemy and Daly received his second Medal of Honor. Only 19 other Americans have won two of these awards over the history, so that Daly was already a celebrity when he was sent to Europe in November 1917.
With his boxer's nose and square jaw, the officer often may well have been the prototype of the Sergeant Major of the Cavalry in the movies John Ford. A French arrived with a reputation for tough and strict but he was concerned above all the welfare of his men. It is said that he tried to ascend an officer several times, choosing him, however, remain a mere sergeant.
In the dangerous western front Daly continued to make mischief and was decorated several times, threatening to shut down his life an ammunition depot on fire, to catch himself a German machine gun post, taking 13 prisoners, armed only with a Colt 45 and grenades, and several more actions in which he was wounded three times and got him the respect of his peers and superiors.
However, if today I write about her life was about something that happened in the battle Belleau Forest in June 1918. Outnumbered and bombed by the Germans in a bad position, Daly decided nevertheless to go on the attack, jumped out of the trench with his Colt in his hand and shouted Come on, motherfuckers! Do you want to live forever?
The phrase that, in theory, describes very well the spirit of the Marines (actually any elite unit of any army) have read it countless times, and neither half of them quoted the protagonist of the action by name. It seems however that was not even original, it is said that Frederick the Great and Prussian shouted something like their men in the eighteenth century. Not that Daly feel very proud of his sentence later, he once told a reporter that what really had shouted was: For the love of God, go! Do you want to live forever? And they say that political correctness is a thing of our times.
After the war, Dan Daly stayed for some time in Germany with the occupation forces and then in various bases and ships until he retired as a sergeant major in 1929. He later worked as a security guard at a bank until his death in 1937.
With its endless list of awards, Daly went to the Marine Corps history as one of its most respected members even gave name to a Navy destroyer, the USS Daly who fought in World War II
There are some characters that have gone down in history for a phrase, and one of them, as example that concerns us today, the final sentence finished by forgetting the character himself, who quoted vaguely as "a Marine sergeant in World War I" in the best.
Daniel Daly was born in Glen Cove (New York) in November 1873. During the early years of his life served the most diverse jobs, from delivering newspapers to a boxer, before enlisting in the Marines in January 1899 with the idea of \u200b\u200bparticipating in the war in Cuba . As the war ended before completing his training, Daly did not receive his baptism of fire until a year later and at the other end of the world, in China during the Boxer Rebellion . Daly was one of the Marines, with a handful of soldiers of other nationalities, defended the diplomatic quarter in Beijing for almost three months against the attack of the Chinese fans. On the night of June 12, 1900 ordered alone defend a position of the wall called tartar while the rest of his teammates reinforcing the defenses of the place. At dawn Daly was surrounded by bodies about 200 Chinese, who had killed without any help. Some (few) thanks to his accurate aim, and the other with a rifle butt when he ran out of ammunition. For this action he received the Medal of Honor Congress, the highest award the military can hope for an American. After the war
boxers, Daly participated in the American occupation of Veracruz in 1914, already sergeant in the Haitian in 1915. On 24 October of that year, Daly and a group of 35 other marines were ambushed by more than 400 burglars (Haitian guerrillas) as they crossed a river. Although they may be strong, the unit lost the mule carrying the gun and at night the head of the unit ordered back. Daly volunteered immediately recovered the weapon in a discovery and as a result managed to keep thieves at bay until dawn. Later the Marines staged an attack at several points with which succeeded in annihilating the enemy and Daly received his second Medal of Honor. Only 19 other Americans have won two of these awards over the history, so that Daly was already a celebrity when he was sent to Europe in November 1917.
With his boxer's nose and square jaw, the officer often may well have been the prototype of the Sergeant Major of the Cavalry in the movies John Ford. A French arrived with a reputation for tough and strict but he was concerned above all the welfare of his men. It is said that he tried to ascend an officer several times, choosing him, however, remain a mere sergeant.
In the dangerous western front Daly continued to make mischief and was decorated several times, threatening to shut down his life an ammunition depot on fire, to catch himself a German machine gun post, taking 13 prisoners, armed only with a Colt 45 and grenades, and several more actions in which he was wounded three times and got him the respect of his peers and superiors.
However, if today I write about her life was about something that happened in the battle Belleau Forest in June 1918. Outnumbered and bombed by the Germans in a bad position, Daly decided nevertheless to go on the attack, jumped out of the trench with his Colt in his hand and shouted Come on, motherfuckers! Do you want to live forever?
The phrase that, in theory, describes very well the spirit of the Marines (actually any elite unit of any army) have read it countless times, and neither half of them quoted the protagonist of the action by name. It seems however that was not even original, it is said that Frederick the Great and Prussian shouted something like their men in the eighteenth century. Not that Daly feel very proud of his sentence later, he once told a reporter that what really had shouted was: For the love of God, go! Do you want to live forever? And they say that political correctness is a thing of our times.
After the war, Dan Daly stayed for some time in Germany with the occupation forces and then in various bases and ships until he retired as a sergeant major in 1929. He later worked as a security guard at a bank until his death in 1937.
With its endless list of awards, Daly went to the Marine Corps history as one of its most respected members even gave name to a Navy destroyer, the USS Daly who fought in World War II
