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    • Daniel Joseph Daly (abt.1873-1937)...

    SERGEANT MAJOR DANIEL "DAN" JOSEPH DALY, USMC
    Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor Recipient
    Haitian Campaigns Medal of Honor Recipient

    Sergeant Major Daniel "Dan" Joseph Daly was once acclaimed by MajGen John A.

    Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, as "the outstanding Marine of all time." MajGen Smedley D. Butler called him "The fightinest Marine I ever knew," and wrote that "it was an object lesson to have served with "him."
    This kind of praise was generally expressed by Marine officers and enlisted men alike and, according to the record, Dan Daly deserved it.

    Daniel joseph daly biography sampler

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    • Sergeant Major Daly and MajGen Butler are the only Marines who have ever received the Nation's highest military award-the Medal of Honor-twice for separate acts of heroism.

    A small man (five feet, six inches in height and weighing only pounds), SgtMaj Daly nevertheless was a fine military figure, erect and well-proportioned.

    His keen gray eyes looked upon danger without fear. Although a "natural" for publicit