Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Adak, Alaska
August 9th: At sea all day. At noon, 1400 miles west of Seattle, heading for the Aleutians.
August 10th: At sea all day. At noon, 470 miles SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska.
August 11th: At sea until 8 PM, arrived Adak Harbor, Alaska. Fueling in evening.
August 12th: At anchor all day.
Daly had proceeded directly to Adak Harbor where the invasion force for Kiska Island was being assembled. The US Navy was still unaware that the Japanese had abandoned the island and the invasion was proceeding apace. Frequent bombardments of the island were still occurring.
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General Patton for the second time in a week has slapped a soldier suffering from shell shock. When this later comes to light it will result in his suspension.
Allied forces are nearly finished with the conquest of Sicily. By August 17th the island will be in Allied hands.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 372-373.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-63.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 212-222.
- Events of August, 1943
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