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4 days ago · Michael Daly is a special correspondent with The Daily Beast. He was previously a columnist with the New York Daily News and a staff writer with New York magazine.
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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.
On the morning of April 18, 1945, amid street fighting in rubble-strewn Nuremberg, Germany, 20-year-old U.S. Army Captain Michael J. Daly, who had not slept in 24 hours and was running on pure adrenalin, had one overriding goal in mind: to protect his men.
Jul 29, 2008 · Michael J. Daly, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his single-handed offensive against German troops during the battle for Nuremberg in World War II, died Friday at his home in Fairfield,...
Learn about the heroic actions of Captain Michael Joseph Daly, who led his company through Nuremberg, Germany and killed 15 Germans in four singlehanded firefights. He received the Medal of Honor in 1945 and died in 2008.
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Michael Daly is a journalist and author of Topsy, Under Ground, and The Book of Mychal. He is a special correspondent with The Daily Beast and a former columnist with the New York Daily News and New York magazine.
Michael Daly was a World War II hero who led his company through Nuremberg, Germany, and killed 15 Germans in four single-handed fire fights. He received the Medal of Honor for his gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty.
