Michael Dailey

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As As a youngster , Dailey grew up on a farm with horses in Aurora , Illinois.Leaving his.home at the age of 16 he headed for Chicago where he played jazz trumpet and became.a reporter for the Chicago Tribune.He had the dubious distinction of being the first.reporter on the scene of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 and the first thingI did when I got there was throw up , is how he retold the story.

His love of horses prompted him to join the famed Chicago Black Horse Troop , the.National Guard Cavalry where he was first introduced to the sport of polo.During the.Depression he moved to Sarasota , Florida where he published and edited a small newspaper.When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor , Dailey enlisted in the Air Force and trained pilots at Santa.Maria , CA where he met his wife Elizabeth Murphy , fondly known as Murph.During the War ,.
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by Mike Dailey