Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
April 25th: In port at Seeadler Harbor all day, temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
April 26th: On submarine patrol outside harbor all day after 7 AM; temperatures 80s, light winds.
April 27th: Proceeding back to the Hollandia area to participate in anti-aircraft screen outside Humboldt Bay; temperatures 80s, light winds.
April 28th: Remained on station in anti-aircraft screen; temperatures 80s, light winds. Mail delivery in morning.
Fighting in New Guinea would continue for many weeks at several areas along the coast including Aitape, Wewak, and Hollandia. Japanese forces had been successfully separated, and suffered significant losses without being able to consolidate.
Air strikes were also being conducted further up the coast, as General MacArthur had plans to be at the Philippines by November.
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In the Central Pacific, the main focus is aerial photography of the islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian in the Marianas. As with most of the Pacific islands, maps were outdated and locations of reefs and other obstacles had to be defined before invading.
Fighting continues in Italy at Anzio and at Monte Cassino.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 475-476.
- New Guinea and the Marianas, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 58-96, 157-169.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 281-306.
- Events of April, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, April 1944
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The
invasion at Aitape and Hollandia was completed with less than the
expected resistance. Hollandia (modern-day Jayapura) was intended to be
a main Japanese base and a large amount of supplies were captured.
This location instead became an important staging area for the US push
west across New Guinea.
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