Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
January 8th:
At sea after 11 AM. At noon, off New Guinea coast north of Buna. Temperatures 80s to low 90s, light winds. En route to Saidor, escorting more landing ships to the area.
January 9th: At sea all day; at noon, in Vitiaz Strait, northeast of Saidor, New Guinea. Temperatures 80s, light winds. Proceeding in afternoon to escort LSTs back to Cape Sudest area.
January 10th: At sea all day; at noon, southwest of Finschafen, New Guinea. Temperatures 80s, light winds. Anchored at Cape Sudest at midnight.
January 11th: Anchored all day. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
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Preparations for the invasion of the Marshall
Islands continue; mining operations continue near several islands in the chain A bomber raid was made on Kwajalein on the 11th, sinking two ships.
Soviet troops
continue forward in Ukraine; they have crossed the pre-war Polish
border. Fighting continues in Italy around Monte Cassino; US troops continue fighting along the Gustav Line.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 428-430.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 187-215.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 366-398.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 275-278.
- Events of January, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, January 1944
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