Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Argentia, Newfoundland
June 2nd: At sea 7 AM; returned 2 PM. Some transfers; new medical officer comes on board, Captain's mast held with one sailor being placed in solitary confinement on bread and water for Disrespect and Negligence of Duty.
June 3rd: In port all day until leaving at 9 PM.
June 4th: Returned to port at noon; back out to sea at 8 PM. Fueling done in the afternoon.
June 5th: Returned at 8 AM; in port remainder of day.
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Attu Island in the Aleutians is now fully in US control again. Airfield construction begins on Attu and also on a nearby island, Shemya.
Admiral Halsey issued the orders for the next movement up the Solomons, to New Georgia and surrounding islands. The invasion would begin later in the month.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, p. 345 .
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-52.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 120-140.
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, May, 1943
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