"I can't talk very well but I want to say that this is the 'swellest' thing that ever happened to me. A heck of a lot sweller than getting the medal from the President."
— Michael J. Daly

January 1, 1970

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Public remark made upon returning to Fairfield, Connecticut to a parade in his honor, following the Medal of Honor award ceremony at the White House on 23 August 1945. As quoted by Stephen J. Ochs, A Cause Greater Than Self: The Journey of Captain Michael J. Daly, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient (2012), College Station: Texas A&M University Press, hardcover first edition, p. 174