"I was darn lucky, and that's an understatement, but we should never forget, on this V-J Day, the boys who never came back and should receive the medals."
— Michael J. Daly

January 1, 1970

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Public remark made in Fairfield, Connecticut the night of 1 September 1945, as Fairfield held celebrations of the end of World War II ahead of the officially-designated date for V-J Day on 2 September 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. 175