Daly (DD 519) - Naval Cruise Book

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SGT. DAN DALY The DALY was named in the honor of the late Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, United States Marine Corps, who was born 11 November 1873 at Glen Cove, Long Island. He first enlisted in the Marine Corps on 10 January 1899, at New York, N.Y., and was honorably discharged upon expiration of enlistment on 11 January 1904, ot Boston, Mass. He re-enlisted on 13 January 1908 and served continuously until 11 September 1919 on which date he was transferred to the Marine Corps Reserve and assigne ' d to inactive duty, having completed more than twenty years ' service with the Marine Corps. Recalled to active duty 1 December 1919, he resumed in- active status 31 Janaury 1929. He died 27 April 1937 at Glendale, N.Y. Sergeant Major Daly served with distinction during the Boxer Rebellion in China and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished and gallant conduct in the pres- ence of the enemy at the Battle of Peking, China, 14 August 1900. He served ashore in Cuba from 25 May 1912 to 6 January 1913, par- ticipating in the incident to the occupation of Vera Cruz on 21-22 April 1914. He then served on expeditionary duty in Haiti from 4 August 1915 to 6 January 1916 participating in actions against bandits on 24 and 25 October and on 2, 4, and 5 November 1915. He received his second Congressional Medal of Honor for his gallant and distinguished conduct in thepres- ence of the enemy on 24-25 October 1915, during the action incident to the capture of Fort Liberie, Haiti. Sergeant Major Daly served with the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces ashore in France from 4 November 1917 to 21 April 1919, participating in active operations against the enemy in the Toulon Sector from 18 March to 13 May; Aisne Operation from 1 to 5 June; Choteau-Theirry Sector (Belleau Wood) from 6 June to 21 June; St, Mihiel Offensive from 12 to 16 September; Champagne Offensive (Mont Blanc) from 29 S eptember to 8 October, being wounded in action on 21 June 1918 and again on 8 October 1918. He also served with the American Army of Oc- cupation in Germany. On 5 June 1918 at the risk of his life, he extinguished a fire in an amunition dump at Lucy-Le Bocage; on 7 June 1918, under heavy bombardment, he visited all the gun crews of company to cheer his men. On 10 June he at- tacked an emeny machine gun emplacement, un- assisted, and captured it by use of hand gren- ades and his automatic pistol; and later, during the German attack of Bouresches, he brought in wounded men under fire. For these various acts of heroism he was cited in General Order No. 44 of 12 July 1918; awarded the Army Distingui- shed Service Cross and the Navy Cross. He also received the Croix de Guerre (with palm) the French Victory Medal with four clasps, and the French Medaille Militaire.

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COMDESDIV 302 Captain Gideon M. Boyd, U.S. Navy, broke his pennant in DALY as Commander Destroyer Division Three Hundred Two in July, 1956. He has served in that capacity since that time. He came to the division well versed in all phases of destroyer operations having served some eight years in destroyer types. Born in Lakewood, New Mexico in 1915 he moved to Adairsville, Georgia when five years old. He is the son of Mr. G.M. Boyd of Adairsville, Georgia and Josephine K. Boyd of Stella, Nebraska, The Commodore was graduated in 1938 from the U.S. Naval Academy and was ordered to the USS New Mexico (BB 40). in 1940 he was or- dered to the USS McCALL (DD 400). While in McCALL in 1941, World War II began. During the war, he saw service in the Pacific Ocean area in McCALL, C.K. BRONSON (DD 668). in the latter, he served as Executive Officer from her commissioning in 1943 until 1944 when he became Commanding Officer of the USS FUL- LAM (DD 474). He served in this capacity until 1946. From 1946 until 1949 he attended a post- graduate course in guided missiles at the Naval Academy Postgraduate School and Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. He then comman- ded the USS R.E. KRAUS (EDD 849) until 1951 when he became Air Defense Officer on the staff of Commander, Operational Development Forces. In 1953 and 1954 he attended the course in Strategy and Tactics at the Naval War Col- lege, Newport, R.I. During 1954 through 1956 he was Executive Officer of the USS BALTI- MORE (CA 69). His next billet was that of Commander Destroyer Division 302. In 1940 he married Ruth Stearns Hawks of Greenfield, Mass. They have two children, Nancy, and Richard. He and his family now re- side at 11 Hunter St., Newport, R.I. He is a member of the Methodist Church, a Masonic Lod- ge, the Sigma Xi Society and the American Or- dnance Association.