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{{Short description|United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1873–1937)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Daniel Daly
| image         = DanielDaly.jpg{{!}}border
| image_size    = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = Daly {{circa|1919}}, wearing his Medals of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross
| birth_name    = Daniel Joseph Daly
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1873|11|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Glen Cove, New York]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1937|4|27|1873|11|11}}
| death_place   = [[New York City]], U.S.
| placeofburial = [[Cypress Hills National Cemetery]]
| allegiance    = United States
| branch        = [[United States Marine Corps]]
| serviceyears  = 1899–1929
| rank          = [[Sergeant major|Sergeant Major]]
| unit          = {{ubl|[[2nd Marine Regiment]]|[[6th Marine Regiment]]}}
| battles       = {{tree list}}
*[[Boxer Rebellion]]
** [[Siege of the International Legations]]
** [[Battle of Peking (1900)|Battle of Peking]]
*[[Philippine–American War]]
*[[Banana Wars]]
** [[United States occupation of Veracruz|Battle of Veracruz]]
** [[Battle of Fort Dipitié]]
** [[Battle of Fort Rivière]]
*[[World War I]]
** [[Third Battle of the Aisne|Battle of Aisne]]
** [[Battle of Belleau Wood]]
** [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel]]
** [[Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge]]
** [[Meuse–Argonne offensive]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        = {{ubl|[[Medal of Honor]] (2)|[[Navy Cross]]|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]|[[Citation Star]]|[[Purple Heart]] (2)|[[Médaille militaire]] (France)|[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] (France)}}
}}

'''Daniel Joseph Daly''' (November 11, 1873&nbsp;– April 27, 1937)<ref name="Cerasini 2002 132">{{harvnb|Cerasini|2002|p=132}}</ref><ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 232">{{harvnb|Wise Jr.|Baron|2007|p=232}}</ref> was a [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] [[Medal of Honor#Double recipients|twice]]. Daly and [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Smedley Butler]] are the only Marines who earned two Medals of Honor for two separate acts of valor.<ref>{{harvnb|Cerasini|2002|p=97}}</ref>

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 [[United States occupation of Haiti|Haiti]] in 1915. Butler described Daly as "the fightingest Marine I ever knew...It was an object lesson to have served with him."<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 235">{{harvnb|Wise Jr.|Baron|2007|p=235}}</ref> General [[John A. Lejeune]] called Daly "the outstanding Marine of all time."<ref name="dieckmann">{{cite magazine |last=Dieckmann Sr. |first=Edward A. |date=November 1960 |title=Dan Daly: Reluctant Hero |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_marine-corps-gazette_1960-11_44_11/page/24/mode/2up |magazine=[[Marine Corps Gazette]] |publisher=[[Marine Corps Association|The Marine Corps Association]] |page=24 |access-date=2024-06-07}}</ref>

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 (United States)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmcmuseum.com/iconic-artifacts.html |title=Iconic Artifacts |author=<!-- Not stated --> |website=National Museum of the Marine Corps |access-date=2022-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Warren |first=Paul |date=2016 |title=Adventurer Floyd Gibbons: Eye Street's Eyewitness to History |url= |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Warren Communications News |page=99 |isbn=978-1535418188}}</ref>

==Early life==
Daniel Joseph Daly was born on November 11, 1873, in [[Glen Cove, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 232"/> He was a [[Roman Catholic]] of [[Irish Americans|Irish descent]].<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=148}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Robison |first=Ken |date=2019 |title=Montanans in the Great War: Open Warfare Over There |location=Charleston, South Carolina |publisher=[[The History Press]] |page=83 |isbn=978-1-4671-4099-7}}</ref> He spent his youth in New York City, working as a [[Newspaper hawker|newsboy]] and a laborer.<ref name="Cerasini 2002 132"/> Despite his slight build—{{convert|5|ft|6|in|m}} tall and weighing {{convert|132|lb}}—Daly occasionally fought as a semi-pro boxer.<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 232"/><ref name="Tassin 1986 127">{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=127}}</ref>

==Military career==
===Early career===
[[File:Uss_newark_cc-1.jpg|thumb|250px|The USS ''Newark'' in 1898]]
Daly enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 10, 1899, at the age of 25.<ref>{{harvnb|Wise Jr.|Baron|2007|p=233}}</ref><ref name="Cerasini 2002 132"/><ref>{{harvnb|Axelrod|2018|p=14}}</ref> His first posting was with the [[United States Asiatic Fleet|Asiatic Fleet]] aboard the cruiser USS ''[[USS Newark (C-1)|Newark]]''. In 1900, the ''Newark'' arrived in China as part of the [[China Relief Expedition]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]].<ref name="Tassin 1986 127"/> On July 15, 1900, during the 55-day [[Siege of the International Legations]] in [[Peking]], Private Daly and his commanding officer, Captain [[Newt H. Hall]], set out to reconnoiter a position on the [[Tartar Wall]] while under siege by the [[Boxer movement|Boxers]].<ref name="dye">{{cite book |last=Dye |first=Julia |date=2011 |title=Backbone: History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of Marine Corps NCOs |url=https://archive.org/details/backbonehistoryt0000dyej/page/122/mode/2up |location=Oxford, England |publisher=Osprey |page=121 |isbn=978-1-84908-548-9}}</ref> A working party, scheduled to follow to construct defenses, never arrived. Daly volunteered to hold the position while Captain Hall returned for the working party,<ref name="clark">{{cite book |last=Clark |first=George B. |date=2001 |title=Treading Softly: U.S. Marines in China, 1819-1949 |url=https://archive.org/details/treadingsoftlyus0000clar/page/178/mode/2up/ |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Praeger |page=178 |isbn=0-275-97078-7}}</ref> and single-handedly fought off a furious all-night Boxer attack, an action which earned him his first Medal of Honor.<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 234">{{harvnb|Wise Jr.|Baron|2007|p=234}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=143}}</ref>{{efn|Daly's Medal of Honor citation is dated August 14, the day the Siege of the International Legations ended, and simply states that Daly "distinguished himself by meritorious conduct," making no specific mention of his heroism of July 15. This terseness was typical of Medal of Honor citations from this period.<ref>{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Charley |date=2021 |title="Devil Dog" Dan Daly: America's Fightin'est Marine |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland |page=38 |isbn=978-1-4766-8676-9}}</ref> By contrast, Captain Hall's after action report praised Daly's "courage and fidelity" and detailed his actions in full.<ref name="clark" />}}

After leaving China, the ''Newark'' sailed for the Philippines in 1901, where Daly saw duty in the [[Philippine–American War]].<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=313}}</ref> Later that year, Daly had two run-ins with military discipline: He was [[court-martial]]ed once for drunkenness on post and spent three weeks in the [[Military prison|brig]] at the [[Boston Navy Yard]], and again three weeks later for drunkenness and verbal abuse of the sergeant of the guard.<ref name="dye" />

After serving in the Philippines, Daly was assigned to various ships in the Caribbean area, seeing duty in Panama, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.<ref name="histdiv">{{cite web|access-date=2015-09-09 |url=https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/D-F/Daly_DJ.aspx |title=Sergeant Major Daniel "Dan" Joseph Daly |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922191021/https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/D-F/Daly_DJ.aspx |archive-date=2015-09-22}}</ref> He also trained recruits, worked as a guard at the [[Portsmouth Naval Prison]], and gained a reputation as an excellent boxer.<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=87}}</ref><ref name="t144-146">{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|pp=144–146}}</ref> He was promoted to [[corporal]] in 1906 and [[sergeant]] in 1909.<ref name="gaz">{{cite magazine |last=Hough |first=Frank O. |date=November 1954 |title=Dan Daly |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_marine-corps-gazette_1954-11_38_11/page/30/mode/2up/ |magazine=[[Marine Corps Gazette]] |publisher=[[Marine Corps Association|The Marine Corps Association]] |page=51 |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>  On March 14, 1911, Daly was garrisoned at the United States Naval Station in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], when he spotted a gasoline fire that was spreading from the [[forecastle]] of the merchant [[schooner]] ''Springfield''. Daly, with a party of nine other Marines and sailors, successfully extinguished the fire,<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=52}}</ref> though he spent several weeks hospitalized with severe burns. Daly received commendations from both the [[Secretary of the Navy]] and the [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]] for his actions.<ref name="t144-146" />

At the outbreak of the [[United States occupation of Veracruz|Battle of Veracruz]] on April 21, 1914, Sergeant Daly landed in [[Veracruz]], Mexico, with a combined force of 1,200 U.S. Marines and sailors. The American objective was to seize the customs house to prevent a shipment of German weapons—200 machine guns and 15 million rounds of ammunition, potentially to be used against the United States—from reaching shore.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sweetman |first=Jack |date=1968 |title=The Landing at Veracruz: 1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/landingatveracru0000jack/page/44/mode/2up/ |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]] |page=44 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref> The ensuing battle saw intense street fighting, and the day after landing, Daly's platoon was pinned down in an [[Arroyo (watercourse)|arroyo]], facing heavy sniper fire from a rooftop. Daly covertly crawled out of the ditch, entered the building from the rear and killed its entire seven man garrison, five by [[M1903 Springfield|rifle fire]] and two by bayonet.<ref>{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|pp=145–148}}</ref> By the end of the day, the Americans had captured the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quirk |first=Robert E. |date=1967 |title=An Affair of Honor: Woodrow Wilson and the Occupation of Veracruz |url=https://archive.org/details/affairofhonorwoo0000quir/page/102/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton |page=102 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref>

Daly earned his second Medal of Honor in Haiti with the [[United States occupation of Haiti|U.S. Marines supporting the Haitian government]] in a fight against [[Cacos (military group)|Cacos]] insurgents. On the night of October 24–25, 1915, during the [[Battle of Fort Dipitié]], [[Gunnery Sergeant]] Daly was on mounted patrol with a detachment of three [[squad]]s—40 Marines total—from the 15th Company, [[2nd Marine Regiment]], under the command of Major [[Smedley Butler]].<ref>{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=150}}</ref> The Marines were ambushed by a force of some 400 Cacos while crossing a river near the fort, and the horse carrying their machine gun was killed, its carcass sinking to the riverbed. With the battle raging throughout the night, Daly left the Marines' defensive position, swam the river under constant fire until he located the horse, freed the machine gun from its restraints, and carried the {{convert|200|lb}} of weaponry and ammunition more than a mile back to the Marines' position.<ref>{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=153}}</ref> Butler wrote that Daly performed this feat on his own initiative, and that the major was surprised to see the machine gun, which he had been resigned to fighting without, set up back at the Marine camp. Butler further wrote that Daly moved "coolly and deliberately" and that he himself "wouldn't have had the courage" to undertake such an exploit.<ref name="banana">{{cite book |last=Musicant |first=Ivan |date=1990 |title=The Banana Wars: A History of the United States Military Intervention in Latin America from the Spanish-American War to the Invasion of Panama |location=New York |publisher=MacMillan |pages=196–201 |isbn=0-02-588210-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Lowell |date=1933 |title=Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of Smedley D. Butler |location=New York |publisher=Farrar & Rinehart |page=194 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref> At daybreak, the Marines, rearmed and with Daly in command of one of the squads, routed the Cacos, capturing and destroying Fort Dipitié.<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 234"/><ref>{{cite book |date=1917 |title=Record of Medals of Honor Issued to the Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, 1862-1917 |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://archive.org/details/medalsofrecordof00unitrich/page/30/mode/2up/ |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|United States Government Printing Office]] |pages=30–31 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref>

Three weeks later, on November 17, 1915, the Americans fought the Cacos once again in the decisive [[Battle of Fort Rivière]]. A combined force of U.S. Marines and sailors delivered a crushing blow to the final insurgent stronghold, ending the [[First Caco War]].<ref name="banana" /> In a report to the commander of the [[1st Marine Regiment]], Captain [[William P. Upshur]] wrote that from October 15 to November 30, Daly showed "exceptional coolness and leadership of the men under fire," resulting in Daly receiving a letter of commendation from Secretary of the Navy [[Josephus Daniels]].<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=331}}</ref> In Major Butler's report on the Fort Rivière campaign, he wrote that Daly was "the most conspicuous figure among the enlisted personnel. Daly is a real red-blooded marine and it was an object lesson to have served with him."<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|p=333}}</ref> Daniels, in announcing the Medal of Honor citations for the campaign, wrote that Daly displayed "conspicuous gallantry" at both the Battle of Fort Dipitié and the Battle of Fort Rivière.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/daniel-j-daly-1/ |title=Daniel Joseph Daly |website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |access-date=2024-07-14}}</ref>{{efn|Daly's official Medal of Honor citation indicates it was awarded solely for his actions at the Battle of Fort Dipitié.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mohmuseum.org/medal_of_honor/daniel-daly/ |title=Daniel Daly |publisher=[[National Medal of Honor Museum]] |access-date=2024-07-14}}</ref> However, in the Department of the Navy's General Order No. 319, dated August 25, 1917, Secretary Daniels wrote: "It will be noted that Gunnery Sergt. Daniel Daly is mentioned by the [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|commandant]] for conspicuous gallantry at both Fort Dipitié and Fort Rivière."<ref>{{cite book |date=1918 |title=General Orders of the Navy Department: Series of 1913 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA37-PA3 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|United States Government Printing Office]] |page=319 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref>}}

===World War I===
[[File:DanDaly MedailleMilitaire.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Daly being awarded the [[Médaille militaire]]]]
Daly's service in World War I began with his arrival in France on November 4, 1917, as [[first sergeant]] of 73rd Company, [[6th Marine Regiment]], [[4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade|4th Marine Brigade]], attached to the U.S. Army's [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]]. The division initially trained in the Toulon Sector, near [[Verdun]] (March–May 1918), and saw action at the [[Third Battle of the Aisne]].<ref name="histdiv" /> At the outbreak of the [[Battle of Belleau Wood]] on June 1, 1918, Daly's regiment was placed in a gap in the line left by the French 43rd Division, with the intent to stop the German advance toward Paris.<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 234"/> The Marines drove back an attack by the German [[28th Division (German Empire)|28th Division]] on June 2. On June 5, a German shell landed in an ammunition dump at [[Lucy-le-Bocage]], starting a fire. Daly quickly led a party from his company into the flames to extinguish the blaze, preventing the arsenal from exploding.<ref>{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=155}}</ref><ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 234"/>

On June 6, the Marines went on the offensive. The Germans were entrenched in a forest, separated from the Marines by {{convert|400|yd}} of open wheat field. Facing 1,200 Germans with 200 machine guns, the 73rd Company was pinned down by intense fire. As the Marines took cover at nightfall, Daly walked openly to each of his machine gun positions, rallying and coordinating his men. On June 10, a German machine gun unit advanced close to Daly's position. Daly immediately charged the weapon, destroying it with three grenades, shot the unit's commanding officer with his [[M1911 pistol|.45 caliber pistol]], and took its remaining 14 soldiers prisoner. As the battle raged later in the day, Daly exposed himself to enemy fire while evacuating the wounded.<ref name="Tassin 1986 156">{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=156}}</ref> For his actions from June 5–10, Daly was awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]], the Army's [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], and the French [[Médaille militaire]].<ref name="Tassin 1986 156–157">{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|pp=156–157}}</ref>

Daly later fought in the [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel]] and the [[Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge]].<ref name="histdiv" /> His final campaign was the [[Meuse–Argonne offensive]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Beede |editor-first=Benjamin R. |date=1994 |title=The War of 1898 and U.S. Interventions, 1898-1934: An Encyclopedia |location=New York |publisher=Garland |page=157 |isbn=0-8240-5624-8}}</ref> By the war's end, he had suffered a bullet wound in the shoulder and two shrapnel wounds in the leg.<ref name="Tassin 1986 156–157"/> After serving in the American [[Occupation of the Rhineland|occupation force in Germany]],<ref name="dict">{{cite book |last=Schuon |first=Karl |date=1963 |title=U.S. Marine Corps Biographical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/usmarinecorpsbio017890mbp/page/n65/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=Franklin Watts |page=53 |isbn=<!-- None -->}}</ref> Daly left active duty for the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] in 1919,<ref name="Tassin 1986 157">{{harvnb|Tassin|1986|p=157}}</ref> and officially retired on February 6, 1929, at the rank of [[sergeant major]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historynet.com/paths-to-glory-medal-of-honor-ricipients-smedley-butler-and-dan-daly.htm|title = Paths to Glory: Medal of Honor Recipients Smedley Butler and Dan Daly|date = 26 December 2007}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:DSCF0444_(3164436583).jpg|thumb|256x256px|An engraving at the [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]] displaying the quote commonly attributed to Daly: "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Charley |date=2022-03-02 |title="Come on, You Sons of Bitches, Do You Want to Live Forever?"– A Hero Rises Among Heroes |url=https://thewarhorse.org/dan-daly-wwi-medal-of-honor-marines-legend-lives-on/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=The War Horse |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Iconic Artifacts |url=https://www.usmcmuseum.com/iconic-artifacts.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=National Museum of the Marine Corps |language=en}}</ref>]]
According to Marine Corps lore, Daly rallied his men at the Battle of Belleau Wood by yelling, "Come on, you sons-o'-bitches, do you want to live forever?"<ref name="Tassin 1986 156"/><ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 235"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Ermey |first=R. Lee |date=2013 |title=Gunny's Rules: How to Get Squared Away Like a Marine |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Regnery |page=132 |isbn=978-1-62157-159-9}}</ref> This quote first appeared in ''And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight'', a 1918 memoir by war correspondent [[Floyd Gibbons]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Axelrod|2018|p=144}}</ref> Gibbons, who was attached to Major Benjamin Berry's [[3rd Battalion, 5th Marines|3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment]], attributed the line to an unnamed gunnery sergeant in that unit. Popular legend eventually credited Daly (already well known as a double Medal of Honor recipient) with the rallying cry, despite discrepancies in the story—Daly was not a member of the 5th Marine Regiment but the 6th, which was positioned to the south of where Gibbons was reporting, and Daly was a first sergeant, not a gunnery sergeant. Historian Alan Axelrod wrote that "nobody has been found who actually heard [Daly] say it."<ref name="Axelrod 2018 145">{{harvnb|Axelrod|2018|p=145}}</ref> Regardless, in May 1919, less than a year after the battle, Daly's story at Belleau Wood—incorporating the quote—was featured in "The Wood of Fair Water," one of six short films in ''The Rothapfel Unit Program'', a motion picture directed by Marine veteran [[Samuel Roxy Rothafel|Samuel L. Rothapfel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=1919-05-03 |volume=5 |issue=22 |title=Rothapfel Gives Details of First Unit Program Bill; Central Effect Its Key |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorstrader00newy/page/n773/mode/2up/ |magazine=Exhibitor's Trade Review |quote=Sergt. Dan Daly is shown issuing his famous challenge, "Come on you ——, do you want to live forever?" |page=4 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=May 1919 |title=Recruiters, Watch for This Movie! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUQ_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA22 |magazine=The Recruiters' Bulletin |page=22 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=1919-04-06 |title=In the News Net |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=52 |quote=The photodramatic feature...contains scenes made by Sergeant Owens of the Marine Corps, one of which shows Sergeant Dan Daly in the trenches issuing his taunt to the Germans, "Come on, you ——, do you want to live forever?"}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- Not stated --> |date=1919-09-26 |title=Theatrical Notes |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=JW19190926.2.39&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |work=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |page=12 |access-date=2023-01-07}}</ref>

For his part, Daly told a Marine Corps historian that he yelled, "For Christ's sake, men—''come on!'' Do you want to live forever?"<ref name="Axelrod 2018 145"/> Axelrod noted that Gibbons utilized [[artistic license]] "to impose order on chaos, to make sense of it, to extract some greater meaning from it" and that the details do not "diminish the reality the legend is based on."<ref>{{harvnb|Axelrod|2018|p=146}}</ref> Irrespective of its origin, the quote has become deeply entrenched in Marine Corps lore, exemplified by the closing line of a 1954 eulogy of Daly in the ''[[Marine Corps Gazette]]'': "But the Dan Daly of China, Haiti and France will remain part and parcel of our tradition as long as the Marine Corps contains any SOBs who want to live forever."<ref name="gaz" />

==Later life==
[[File:Cypress hills 35.jpg|thumb|upright|Daly is buried at [[Cypress Hills National Cemetery]].]]
After leaving the Marines, Daly lived a quiet life with his sister in New York, working as a bank guard on [[Wall Street]] and avoiding publicity.<ref name="dict" /><ref name="Tassin 1986 157"/> He died of a heart attack in [[Glendale, Queens|Glendale, Queens, New York]], on April 27, 1937, aged 63. Instead of being interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Daly's family honored his wish that he remain near his home,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- Staff --> |date=1937-04-28 |title=Kin of Daly, War Hero, Bans Arlington Rites |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52680078/ |work=[[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |page=15 |access-date=2024-06-08}} </ref> and was buried at [[Cypress Hills National Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name="Wise Jr. 2007 235"/>

==Decorations and honors==
===Honors===
A {{Sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} {{USS|Daly|DD-519}} was named in honor of Daly and was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on March 10, 1943.<ref name="Tassin 1986 157"/>

On November 10, 2005, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued its "Distinguished Marines" [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States#Modern U.S. stamps|stamps]] in which Daly was honored alongside [[John Basilone]], [[John A. Lejeune]], and [[Chesty Puller]].<ref name=USPS>{{cite web|access-date=2010-10-05 |url=http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8610 |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |title=Distinguished Marines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220102101/http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampReleaseDisplay.jsp?OID=8610 |archive-date=2005-12-20 }}</ref>

===Medals===
Daly's decorations and medals includes two [[Medal of Honor|Medals of Honor]]; the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]; [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]; two [[Purple Heart]]s; [[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Good Conduct Medal]] with two bronze stars; the [[China Relief Expedition Medal]]; the [[Philippine Campaign Medal]]; the [[Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal]] with one bronze star; the [[Mexican Service Medal]]; the [[Haitian Campaign Medal]]; the [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with Aisne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Defensive-Sector clasps and [[Citation Star]]; three letters of commendation; the [[Médaille militaire]]; the [[Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] with Palm; and the [[Fourragère]].<ref>{{harvnb|U.S. National Archives|pp=313–317}}</ref> The last three awards are from the [[Government of France|French government]]. Only the Croix de Guerre is authorized for wear by U.S. personnel, though a special exception is made for Marines assigned to the [[5th Marine Regiment (United States)|5th]] and [[6th Marine Regiment (United States)|6th Marine Regiment]]s, who are permitted to wear the Fourragère with their [[Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps#Service uniform|service and dress coats or jackets]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCO%201020.34H%20v2.pdf?ver=2018-06-26-094038-137 |title=Marine Corps Uniform Regulations |date=2018-05-01 |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps]] |access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref>

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|colspan="6"|[[Medal of Honor]] (first award)
|colspan="6"|[[Medal of Honor]] (second award)
|-
|colspan="3"|[[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]
|colspan="3"|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
|colspan="3"|[[Purple Heart]]<br />with 1 service star
|colspan="3"|[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal]]<br />with 2 [[service star]]s
|-
|colspan="3"|[[China Relief Expedition Medal]]
|colspan="3"|[[Philippine Campaign Medal]]
|colspan="3"|[[Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal]]<br />with 1 service star
|colspan="3"|[[Mexican Service Medal]]
|-
|colspan="3"|[[Haitian Campaign Medal]]
|colspan="3"|[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]<br />with [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)#Army Battle Clasps|Aisne, St. Mihiel,<br /> Meuse-Argonne, and<br />Defensive-Sector clasps]],<br /> and [[Citation Star]]
|colspan="3"|[[Médaille militaire]] (France)
|colspan="3"|[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]]<br />with bronze Palm (France)
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|colspan="12"|[[Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] [[Fourragère]]
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===Medal of Honor===

====First award: 1901====
{{ubl|''Awarded for actions during the [[China Relief Expedition|China Relief]]''
|General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 55 (July 19, 1901)
|Action Date: August 14, 1900|
|Service: [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|Rank: [[Private (rank)|Private]]
|Battalion: Captain [[Newt Hall]]'s Marine Detachment
|Regiment: [[1st Marine Regiment (United States)|1st Regiment (Marines)]]}}

'''Citation:'''
{{blockquote|text=The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor (First Award) to Private Daniel Joseph Daly (MCSN: 73086), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Captain Newt Hall's Marine Detachment, 1st Regiment (Marines), in action in the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking, China, 14 August 1900, Daly distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=21 July 2011 |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |work=Hall of Valor |title=Daniel J. Daly MOH (First Award) |publisher=[[Military Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043437/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref>}}

====Second award: 1915====
{{ubl|''Awarded for actions during the [[United States occupation of Haiti|U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti]]''
|Action Date: October 24, 1915
|Service: [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|Rank: Gunnery Sergeant
|Company: 15th Company (Mounted)
|Regiment: [[2nd Marine Regiment (United States)|2d Marines]]}}

'''Citation:'''
{{blockquote|text=The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor (Second Award) to Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Joseph Daly (MCSN: 73086), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with the 15th Company of Marines (Mounted), 2d Marine Regiment, on 22 October 1915. Gunnery Sergeant Daly was one of the company to leave Fort Liberte, Haiti, for a six-day reconnaissance. After dark on the evening of 24 October, while crossing the river in a deep ravine, the detachment was suddenly fired upon from three sides by about 400 Cacos concealed in bushes about 100 yards from the fort. The Marine detachment fought its way forward to a good position, which it maintained during the night, although subjected to a continuous fire from the Cacos. At daybreak the Marines, in three squads, advanced in three different directions, surprising and scattering the Cacos in all directions. Gunnery Sergeant Daly fought with exceptional gallantry against heavy odds throughout this action.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 July 2011 |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |work=Hall of Valor 
 |title=Daniel J. Daly MOH (Second Award) |publisher=[[Military Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043437/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref>}}

===Distinguished Service Cross===
{{ubl|''Awarded for actions during the [[World War I]]''
|General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 101 (1918)
|Action Date: June 5, 7, & 10, 1918
|Service: [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|Rank: [[First Sergeant#United States Marine Corps|First Sergeant]]
|Company: 73d Company
|Regiment: [[6th Marine Regiment (United States)|6th Regiment (Marines)]]
|Division: [[2nd Marine Division (United States)|2d Division]], [[American Expeditionary Forces]]}}

'''Citation:'''
{{blockquote|text=The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Sergeant Daniel Joseph Daly (MCSN: 73086), United States Marine Corps, for repeated deeds of heroism and great service while serving with the Seventy-Third Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., on 5 June and 7, 1918 at Lucy-le-Bocage, and on 10 June 1918 in the attack on Bouresches, France. On June 5th, at the risk of his life, First Sergeant Daly extinguished a fire in an ammunition dump at Lucy-le-Bocage. On 7 June 1918, while his position was under violent bombardment, he visited all the gun crews of his company, then posted over a wide portion of the front, to cheer his men. On 10 June 1918, he attacked an enemy machine-gun emplacement unassisted and captured it by use of hand grenades and his automatic pistol. On the same day, during the German attack on Bouresches, he brought in wounded under fire.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 July 2011 |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |work=Hall of Valor |title=Daniel J. Daly DSC |publisher=[[Military Times]] |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043437/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref>}}

===Navy Cross===
{{ubl|''Awarded for actions during the [[World War I]]''
|Action Date: June 5, 7, & 10, 1918
|Service: [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|Rank: [[First Sergeant#United States Marine Corps|First Sergeant]]
|Company: 73d Company
|Regiment: [[6th Marine Regiment (United States)|6th Regiment (Marines)]]
|Division: [[2nd Marine Division (United States)|2d Division]], [[American Expeditionary Forces]]}}

'''Citation:'''
{{blockquote|text=The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to First Sergeant Daniel Joseph Daly (MCSN: 73086), United States Marine Corps, for repeated deeds of heroism and great service while serving with the 73d Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., on June 5 and 7, 1918 at Lucy-le-Bocage, and on 10 June 1918 in the attack on Bouresches, France. On June 5th, at the risk of his life, First Sergeant Daly extinguished a fire in an ammunition dump at Lucy-le-Bocage. On 7 June 1918, while his position was under violent bombardment, he visited all the gun crews of his company, then posted over a wide portion of the front, to cheer his men. On 10 June 1918, he attacked an enemy machine-gun emplacement unassisted and captured it by use of hand grenades and his automatic pistol. On the same day, during the German attack on Bouresches, he brought in wounded under fire.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 July 2011 |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |work=Hall of Valor |title=Daniel J. Daly Navy Cross |publisher=[[Military Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043437/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref>}}

===Citation Star===
In 1932 the [[Citation Star|Silver Citation Star]] became the [[Silver Star]], a full sized decoration.  All personnel awarded the Silver Citation Star were authorized to wear the Silver Star, the USA's third highest decoration for heroism in combat.

{{ubl|''Awarded for actions during the [[World War I]]''
|General Orders: Citation Orders, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces
|Action Date: June 6–July 10, 1918
|Service: [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|Rank: [[First Sergeant#United States Marine Corps|First Sergeant]]
|Company: Machine Gun Company
|Regiment: [[6th Marine Regiment (United States)|6th Regiment (Marines)]]
|Division: [[2nd Marine Division (United States)|2d Division]], [[American Expeditionary Forces]]}}

'''Citation:'''
{{blockquote|text=By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Sergeant Daniel Joseph Daly (MCSN: 73086), United States Marine Corps, is cited by the Commanding General, SECOND Division, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. First Sergeant Daly distinguished himself while serving with Machine Gun Company, Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces at Chateau-Thierry, France, 6 June – 10 July 1918.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=21 July 2011 |url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |work=Hall of Valor |title=Daniel J. Daly Silver Star |publisher=[[Military Times]] |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043437/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=571 |archive-date=21 March 2012 
 }}</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[List of Medal of Honor recipients#Invasion and occupation of Haiti|List of Medal of Honor recipients]]
* [[List of historic United States Marines]]
* [[List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion]]

==Notes==
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==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last=Axelrod |first=Alan |date=2018 |title=Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=978-1-4930-3289-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Cerasini |first=Marc |date=2002 |title=Heroes: U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor Winners |location=New York |publisher=Berkley |isbn=0-425-18159-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Tassin |first=Raymond |date=1986 |title=Double Winners of the Medal of Honor |location=Canton, Ohio |publisher=Daring Books |isbn=0-938936-42-5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Wise Jr. |first1=James E. |last2=Baron |first2=Scott |date=2007 |title=The Navy Cross: Extraordinary Heroism in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |isbn=978-1-59114-945-3}}
* {{cite web |author=U.S. National Archives |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57283359?objectPage=3 |title=Official Military Personnel File for Daniel Daly |website=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] | series=Records of the U.S. Marine Corps |access-date=2023-12-04}}

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