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Anyone would have done what I did. Luck is important in life, but in combat it is crucial. The bravest things are often done with God the only witnes… - Michael J. Daly
" "Anyone would have done what I did. Luck is important in life, but in combat it is crucial. The bravest things are often done with God the only witness.
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Michael Joseph Daly (September 15, 1924 – July 25, 2008) was an Irish-American United States Army infantry officer who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He received the medal for single-handedly eliminating 15 German soldiers including a German patrol, and destroying three machine-gun nests. Daly resigned from the United States Military Academy after one year to fight in World War II and was sent to Europe, participating in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach with the 1st Infantry Division. After the D-Day invasion, he was later reassigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, and fought on to Germany where he was wounded again. He received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, returned to combat, and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
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When things hang in the balance, it is the infantry that a country calls on. It falls on them to close with the enemy and decide the day... We lost some of our best people... They were often men who took the most chances and without whom you could never win a battle. They came from every walk of life- they represented the very best of my generation. You would have been proud to serve with them. As a platoon leader and company commander they sustained me then just as they sustain me now.
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