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14 IRISH AMERICAN NEWS January 2006Boylethe KettleU.S.M.C.Stamps were recently issued bythe USPS to commemorate the anniversaryof the U.S. Marine Corp.One of the four marines honoredwas gunnery sergeant Daniel JosephDaly. He is listed on a website “Marinesof Irish Descent.” One look atthis man’s face tells you that he isthe personification of rugged individualism.Winner of two Medals ofHonor, the first as a “China Marine,”won on the evening of August 14,1900 occupying a barricade in thecity of Peking, China during theBoxer Rebellion, he single-handedlyheld his position through thenight. At dawn 200 Boxers weredead. He was awarded the Medalof Honor December 11, 1901. 1914found him fighting at Vera Cruze inthe Mexican-American War. October24, 1915 fighting the Cacos inHaiti he again distinguished himselfin battle. Gunnery Sergeant Dalyfought with exceptional gallantryand at age 44 won his second Medalof Honor. Next we find him withthe American expeditionary forcein France. The 5th and 6th Marineregiments were fighting at BelleauWood. It was here gunnery sergeantDan Daly urged his rifleman forwardinto murderous enemy fire yelling,“Come on you Sons-of-Bitches!, Doyou want to live forever?”When the 5th and 6th Marine regimentsarrived at the Muse Argonnethe French were retreating and urgingthe Marines to retreat. U.S.M.C.Captain Lloyd Williams cried, “RetreatHell! We just got here!”Gunnery sergeant Dan Daly was5’6” tall and 132 pounds. He smokeda pipe and never drank. He retiredfrom the Corp February 26, 1929 asa Sergeant Major. He died April 28,1937 at age 65. He remained singlehis entire life. By the way, he wasborn November 11, 1873 whichwas celebrated as Armistice Dayfollowing World War 1, which isnow known as Veteran’s Day.There is a Belleau Wood Memorialin the Cook County ForestPreserve at Rand and Ballard Rd.in Des Plaines Illinois. Next timeyou pass by salute and say a prayerto honor the brave men who served.Take time to stop and think of poppiesgrowing in Flander’s Field.Semper Fidelis.By Tom BoyleWe’ll Have A Sup Of Teaemail: boylekettle@yahoo.comCut and RunCongressman John Murtha, retiredMarine Corp colonel rose through theranks. He won the American SpiritHonor Medal as a recruit. He served inViet Nam, won a bronze star with thecombat V, two purple hearts and theVietnamese Cross of Gallantry.The Republicans had to back-pedalfuriously when Congressman Murthacame out against the war in Iraq.Senator John McCain has becomethe conscience of the RepublicanParty.Irish American HeritageCenter library opensOver 550 people R.S.V.P.’d to attendthe grand opening of the library. Youcould feel the excitement, everyoneeager for the ribbon cutting. But notso fast, we had speeches to make andpeople we needed to thank. It wouldbe impossible to recall all that wassaid. The remarks were light-hearted,and there was heartfelt gratitude forthose who did the work and those whoraised the funds.Sunday, December 11, 2005 on thesecond floor of the IAHC there werein excess of 400 people gathered inthe hallway.This was a big day for Peig Reidour chief librarian who has workedtirelessly for years building the collectionand cataloguing all the booksand music. She was involved in everyaspect of bringing the library to fruition,and her husband Joe Reid waswith her every step of the way.President Patrick Bloom emceedthe program. Martin J. Healy Jr.,Library Fund Chairman recalled theevents of the Library Fund dinners, thedinner committees and the entertainment.The arts wing was filled withmany luminaries. Among the guestswere Charles Sheahan, Consul Generalof Ireland and his wife, Alice. MartinHealy’s sister Eileen, and her husbandJohn Morrow. The library book repositoryhas been dedicated to the memoryof Martin’s parents, Martin J. HealySr. from Swinford, Co. Mayo and hiswife Mary C. Henneghan, from Tourmakeady,Co Mayo. Also in the crowdwas Neil Hartigan, former LieutenantGovernor and Appellate Court Judge;Bill Mitchell and his wife, Carolyn.Jim Sloan was missing as he had goneto California to spend time with his son,1st Lieutenant James Sloan, USMC.(l to r): Teárlach Ó Cathail, Peg Reid, and Dennis Sherwood ready theIrish American Heritage Center library for its opening to the public.Dennis Daly, a major benefactor wastheir with his wife, Dorothy. I waspleasantly surprised to see Jim andElaine McCormack. I thought theywere in Florida. Dan McLaughlin,president of the Irish Fellowship Clubof Chicago, John Griffin, president ofChicago Gaelic Park and Gaelic Parkboard members Thomas P. Boyle andhis wife Josephine, (Tom’s my firstcousin), and the irrepressible BarneyFarrelly. John Fitzpatrick and his wifeCorina. John was one of the “fearlessfoursome who started the library fund.Theresa and Ambrose Kelly, along withour stalwart volunteers, Jack Hever,Frank Duffy, Mickey Smith, GerryArchbold, John McGrath; presidentof the Shamrock American Club,Maureen O’Looney, Tom Looney,and dozens of great people. PatrickBurke, IAHC Director and FinanceChair. The Keleghans, Gabe and Mary,Brian Donovan, Pat Coyne, Mary andMarty O’Malley, Fr. Kevin ShanleyO’Carm, IAN columnist, father Kevin,has donated hundreds of books to thelibrary. I was delighted to see Patrick“Patsy” O’Donnell from Aranmore Island,Martin McGuane and John Joyce,“The Heavy Gang.” Past president, JohnP. O’Malley and Chuck Kenny with hiswife Mary. Artist Ed Cox and his wifeMary. Ed painted all of the splendidCeltic designs around the center andthe Literary Border in the library.Our new Executive Director JohnDaly made some opening remarks.John is very excited about the newlibrary, “A major resource that willtransport us into the future. CliffCarlson, publisher of the Irish AmericanNews professing to be “A littlebit Irish going back to Famine Immigrants,”gave us an inspirationalaccolade. IAN columnist, Frank Westwas in the crowd. The Heritage Singerssang “The Soldiers Song and The StarSpangled Banner while the Irish MusicAcademy provided traditional musicfor the occasion. When I made myremarks I chose to quote John F. Kennedyand George Bernard Shaw. I’lljust give you the quote by Shaw. “Lifeis no brief candle to me. It is sort of asplendid torch which I have got holdof for the moment, and I want to makeit burn as brightly as possible beforehanding it on to future generations.”Gay PriestsRemember the old song, “UndecidedNow,” by Ray Charles. Firstyou say you do and then you don’t,and then you say you will and thenyou won’t. You’re undecided now, Sowhat are you gonna do?”Don’t take your eyes off of the conman’s walnut shells, which one is thepea under? They are trying to takeyour focus off of the pedophiles. Fromthe AP: The Vatican defended a policystatement to keep men with “Deepseeded” homosexual tendencies frombecoming priests, but said there wouldbe no crackdown on gays who arealready ordained. Reverend AndrewGreeley, “No sex ruling, no surprise.”“This is not new, and it’s not news.”Cardinal George . . . (as reportedin the Chicago Sun-Times November30th by Cathleen Falsani) “Whileevery person is to be respected, mencannot be admitted to Holy Orderswho 1)practice homosexuality; 2)have ‘deeply rooted’ homosexualtendencies; or 3) support the so-called‘gay culture,’” according to George’sstatement, which echoed some of theVatican document titled “InstructionConcerning the Criteria for the Discernmentof Vocations with Regardto Persons with Homosexual Tendenciesin view of their Admission to theSeminary and to Holy Orders.”“In other words,” George said, “Ifone’s self-identification as a ‘gay man’is the most important component of aman’s personality, he is not a candidatefor Holy Orders.”“In a nutshell to say, “It’s OK tobe homosexual as long as you don’tthink like a homosexual, talk like ahomosexual, act like a homosexual,hang out with homosexuals, or go toplaces that are known to be hangoutsof homosexuals, well, that’s ludicrouson its surface. And I don’t say thatflippantly. Sometimes the cardinalsays, “Oh, that’s flippant.’ This isn’tflippant. That’s what the documentsays,” the priest said, adding thathe believed the “right wing” of theCatholic church had decided to makehomosexuals “their scapegoats andwhipping boys.”“At best, it’s a distraction; at worst,it’s damaging,” said David Clohessy,national director of the advocacy andsupport group Survivors Network forthose Abused by Priests. “It will feedthe mistaken notion that [the abusescandal] is about the behavior ofpriests and not the behavior of bishops.Gay seminarians didn’t hire andtransfer and cover for child-molestingpriests. It was bishops who did that.”Suffer the Little ChildrenJesus said: Mark 10:14 Suffer thelittle children to come unto me andforbid them not, for of such is thekingdom of God. 15 Verily I say untoyou, Whosoever shall not receive thekingdom of God as a little child, heshall not enter therein. 16 And he tookthem up in his arms, put his handsupon them, and blessed them.Mt 18:6 But who so shall offendone of these little ones which believein me, it were better for him that amillstone were hanged about his neck,and that he were drowned in the depthof the sea.Give the Gift of Celtic Musicfrom the store with thelargest selection in the USIn Store Specials and Discountsfor DecemberVISIT US AT 47 South Villa AvenueVilla Park, IL 60181630-834-8108