Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean, San Diego
August 1st: At sea all day.
August 2nd: At sea all day. At noon, just west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
August 3rd: At sea all day. At noon, west of Cedros Island, Mexico.
August 4th: At sea until reaching the port of San Diego at 8 AM, moored the rest of the day. Fueling in the afternoon.
The Allied Invasion of Sicily continued as Allied forces attack the defensive line that Italian and German troops have built around Mt. Etna. The week-long Battle of Troina began on July 31st.
In the Aleutians, US forces continue to bombard Kiska Island, including with a battleship force on August 2nd. The Allies are building an invasion force to capture Kiska.
In the Solomons, fighting continued on New Georgia and nearby islands. PT boat PT-109, captained by future President John F. Kennedy, is rammed by a Japanese destroyer and sunk, and the crew seeks rescue for several days until being picked up on August 8th.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 368-370.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-63.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 198-208.
- Events of August, 1943
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