Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
September 14th: In port all day, temperatures low 50s, calm winds.
September 15th: In port all day, temperatures high 40s, gale force winds mid-day.
September 16th: In port all day, low 50s, light winds. Fueling in late afternoon.
September 17th: In port all day, low 50s, light winds.
-------------------------The Allied Invasion of Italy
continued near Salerno, and by the 17th the Allies had blunted the Axis offensive and had begun to go over to the attack. Benito Mussolini was taken to meet with Adolf Hitler and plans were made to set up a new Fascist government in Italy. The new Fascist government was declared on September 15th
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 384-385.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 94-96.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-239.
- Events of September, 1943
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, September, 1943
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