Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
May 9th: In port all day. Supplies and munitions coming onboard. Several men absent over leave.
May 10th: In port all day. Supplies and munitions coming onboard.
May 11th: In port all day. Fuel and munitions received.
May 12th: In port all day. Fuel and munitions received. Several men received punishment for being absent over leave, mostly warnings.
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Navy forces in Alaska land troops on Attu Island. On the 12th, attacks began on the two separate Japanese forces remaining on the island.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 337-338.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-45.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 120-132.
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