Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
May 7th: In port all day at Seeadler Harbor. Temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
May 8th: Outside the harbor from 8 AM to 11 AM for gunnery practice, otherwise moored. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
May 9th: Underway at 8 AM to patrol outside harbor for the rest of the day. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
May 10th: Anchored at 2 PM after patrolling in the morning. Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
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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.
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In
the Central Pacific, the focus was now mostly on gathering forces for
the invasion of the Mariana Islands, with Guam, Saipan and Tinian being
the main island targets. This operation was slated to begin in
mid-June.
Fighting continues in Italy at Anzio and at Monte Cassino. The fourth and final assault in the Monte Cassino area was underway. In the next few weeks, Rome would be captured, but an opportunity was lost to cut off and surround a large German force.
Soviet forces began what would be the final attack on Sevastopol, Crimea, that resulted in the capture of the city.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 480-481.
- 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 May, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, May 1944
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