 Mr. Daly is a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for extreme heroism while leading his infantry company through the shell @-@ battered , sniper @-@ infested wreckage of Nuremberg , Germany , in April 1945 . Following his distinctive military service , he became very involved in veterans ’ and community affairs , serving on the Board of Directors of St. Vincent ’ s Hospital and founding the hospital ’ s Daly Foundation . He has also provided decades of volunteer service to handicapped children , the Town of Fairfield and served as a member of the Connecticut Judicial Review Council . 
