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To: Verginius Rufus

DALY, Francis P., Major, USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Daly, 19 Rhode Island Ave., N. E, DC (na) + DALY, Francis Paul, 6604, HqCo, 5thSerBn, 5thMarDiv, FMF, February 22, 1945, killed in action

Daly was captain of the Georgetown basketball team


3 posted on 09/21/2021 1:11:18 PM PDT by fugazi
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To: fugazi
Thanks for the information on Maj. Daly. The men who happened to be in the photo of the flag-raising on Feb. 23 did not think of themselves as deserving of any special recognition--they were mindful of all their fellow Americans who fought on Iwo Jima, many of whom were killed like Maj. Daly.

He was in the 5th Marine Division. My father was in the 6th Marine Division which fought on Guam and Okinawa.

4 posted on 09/21/2021 1:43:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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