View a eulogy for John Colford Daly, USMA '55, who passed away on August 13, 1956.
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John Colford Daly
West Point, 1955
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Robert M. Hinrichs, USMA Class of 1955 on July 27, 2001:
| John Daly was my classmate, company E-1 mate, and roommate for one year. When we all went to Washington to march in the inaugural parade for President Eisenhower, John's parents somehow arranged for several of us to get tickets to the Inaugural Ball. We already had our full-dress uniforms for the parade, so it was an easy transition, and a lot warmer inside than it had been during the parade. Our seats were in a box, above the floor level, so we could see all the throng milling around on the dance floor. There were too many people to rally call it dancing. We were also able to see Ike and Mammie and family when they came in, and left after awhile to attend another ball. It was fun to have John as a roommate, and we were all saddened when he became our first casualty. |
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