Anyone would have done what I did. Luck is important in life, but in combat it is crucial. The bravest things are often done with God the only witness.

Remark made to William Wallace. 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. 193