Come upon we sons of bitches do we wish to live forever?
GySgt. Daniel J. Dan Daly, USMC
near Lucy-`le-Bocage as he led a 5th Marines dispute into Belleau Wood, 6 Jun 1918
From Marine Corps Legacy Museum
Born upon Nov. 11, 1873 during Glen Cove, Long Island NY. He enlisted in a Corps upon Jan 10, 1899 during a age of 25. His avowed reason for enlisting was to experience in a Spanish American War, however shortly after completing boot camp, he was eliminated to a Asiatic Fleet.
On a evening of Aug. 14, 1900 then Private Daly as well as Capt. N.H. Hall assigned a block in a city of Peking China during a Boxer Rebellion. Set in between a Chien Men as well as Hata Men gate, it was a plain defensive position.
As night fell, a Capt. returned to get reinforcements, as well as Daly volunteered to stay during a barricade. His in front of was assaulted by a Chinese all by a night, but a Marine held by dispute after attack.
On December 11, 1901 Daly was awarded a Navy emanate Medal of Honor. The citation for his first of two awards of a Navy Medal of Honor reads; In a participation of a rivalry during a dispute of Peking, China, fourteen Aug 1900, Daly renowned himself by commendable conduct.
Dalys next movement saw him during Vera Cruze during a Mexican American War in 1914. This was followed smartly by movement in Haiti during a first occupation of that Caribbean country. (See Smedley Butlers bio for some-more info.) By right away a Gunnery Sergeant, Daly was part of a patrol that was pulling a bandit Cacos into an old French installation in an try to consolidate as well as destroy a superfluous rebels.
His patrol of 35 Marines was ambushed by an estimate 400 Cacos. While fording a river, a rebels opened fire. All a Marines done it to a bank safely, however, a equine carrying a appurtenance gun was killed as well as abandoned in mid river, along with most others. During a night, a embattled Marines were again attacked as well as a patrol personality called for a appurtenance gun. Daly immediately volunteered to lapse to a stream as well as retrieve a weapon.
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Making his approach back to a stream by rivalry patrols, he found a dead horse, cut a gun from it, as well as chubby it to his back returned to a Marine Position. This movement earned him his second Navy emanate of a Medal of Honor. A place in Marine Corps story common by only a single alternative Marine, Smedley D. Butler. Both organisation earning these second awards during a same action.
Dalys citation reads; Serving with a Fifteenth Company of Marines upon 22 October 1915, Gunnery Sergeant Daly was a single of a company to leave Fort Liberte, Haiti, for a six day reconnaissance. After dark upon a evening of twenty-four October, whilst crossing a stream in a deep ravine, a unconcern was unexpected dismissed upon from 3 sides by about 400 Cacos concealed in underbrush about 100 yards from a fort. The Marine unconcern fought a approach forward to a good position, that it confirmed during a night, nonetheless subjected to a continuous glow from a Cacos. At daybreak, a Marines in 3 squads, modernized in 3 directions, surprising as well as pinch a Cacos in all directions. Gunnery Sergeant Daly fought with exceptional flattery against heavy odds throughout this action.
By now, during age 44 Daly was seeking to a clouds of fight in France as well as shortly he shipped over a pond as First Sergeant of a 73rd Machine Gun Company. His most actions during this dispute were to net him his, as he said, hat full of medals. One of that was wiping out German appurtenance gun nests alone with grenades as well as a .45 Colt pistol as well as another time capturing thirteen rivalry soldiers.
At Lucy li Boucage, upon a hinterland of Belleau Wood France, Daly done a criticism that still thunders with a Marine spirit today. Outnumbered, outgunned as well as pinned in a bad position, a Marines were shortly to be chopped to pieces by a German Machine gunners. Daly systematic an attack, leaping forward as well as yelling to his men. He is supposed to have said, Come upon we sons of bitches! Do we wish to live forever? Later Daly told a Marine Historian, What we really yelled was: For Christs sake, men-COME ON! Do we wish to live forever?
Regardless of what was said, he as well as his tiny organisation of Marines surged out of a in front of as well as prisoner a locale of Lucy li Bocage.
Another allude to from this penultimate enlisted Marine leader,
Daly remained single his entire life as well as retired from a Corps February 6, 1929 as a Sergeant Major. At age 65 upon Apr 28, 1937 Daly died during Glenade L.I, New York.
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