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Michael Daly, resigned from West Point, which he loathed for its hazing, to go fight as a private in WWII. Received MOH aged 21 as a captain after leading men to heart of Third Reich. Returned to US severely wounded. A star of my next book. #WWII #MOH #WestPoint
How about "Fort Daly" for a true Yankee patriot? In 1987, Michael Daly lay on his deathbed, making a final confession. Before saluting his priest, he told him: "The world needs peacemakers. Anyone can shoot a gun." #WhiteHouse #WestPoint #WWII #
Hard not to cry when you stand where he nearly died to liberate Europe from Nazism. #WestPoint #WWII #AgainstAllOdds #MOH
"You forget the carnage and the sadness and you remember this one thing - you had a cause greater than yourself." Michael Daly, MOH recipient.
Michael Daly, second from left, with men from 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd ID, one of fifteen MOH recipients from the greatest fighting force in US history.
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