Marine fights 400 Cacos and lives!

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I thought the following would be kind of funny, a man fighting off 400
Cacos:

Sergeant Major Daniel ("Dan") Daly was once acclaimed by Major General
John A. Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, as "the
outstanding Marine of all time." General Smedley D. Butler called him
"The fightinest Marine I ever knew," and wrote that "it was an object
lesson to have served with "him." ...

.... Sergeant Daly earned the rare distinction being awarded a second
Medal of Honor. The citation accompanying the award states:

"Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly, United States Marine Corps, on the night
of 24 October 1915, three officers and 35 enlisted men were attacked by
400 Cacos while crossing a river in a deep ravine concealed in bushes
about 100 yards from a 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 under the command of Captain
Upshur, Lieutenant Osterman and Gunnery Sergeant Daly advanced in three
different directions, surprising and scattering the enemy in all
directions. Had one squad failed, not one man of the party would have
lived to tell the tale. Gunnery Sergeant Daly, 15th Company, during the
operations was the most consipicuous figure among the enlisted men."




http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Daly_DJ.htm

 

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Paul Robinson wasted my time on 1/19/2005 4:38 PM with the following:
> I thought the following would be kind of funny, a man fighting off 400
> Cacos:
>
> Sergeant Major Daniel ("Dan") Daly was once acclaimed by Major General
> John A. Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, as "the
> outstanding Marine of all time." General Smedley D. Butler called him
> "The fightinest Marine I ever knew," and wrote that "it was an object
> lesson to have served with "him." ...
>
> ... Sergeant Daly earned the rare distinction being awarded a second
> Medal of Honor. The citation accompanying the award states:
>
> "Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly, United States Marine Corps, on the night
> of 24 October 1915, three officers and 35 enlisted men were attacked by
> 400 Cacos while crossing a river in a deep ravine concealed in bushes
> about 100 yards from a 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 under the command of Captain
> Upshur, Lieutenant Osterman and Gunnery Sergeant Daly advanced in three
> different directions, surprising and scattering the enemy in all
> directions. Had one squad failed, not one man of the party would have
> lived to tell the tale. Gunnery Sergeant Daly, 15th Company, during the
> operations was the most consipicuous figure among the enlisted men."
>
>
>
>
> http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Daly_DJ.htm

Aye, funny.

"The 'First Caco Revolt' (Caco being the common name for the Haitian
insurrectionists) was successfully suppressed by the deployment of a
Provisional Marine Brigade (2000 Marines), who within a few months
established control of a country consisting of over 2 million people,
with a loss of three Marines KIA and 18 Marines WIA." -

http://www.nwc.navy.mil/jmo/nopc/Book%20Reviews/Small%20Wars%20Manual%20-%20Parker.htm


Funny.

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