Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
May 11th: Underway for a few hours in the early morning for anti-aircraft practice, otherwise anchored. Fueling in the afternoon. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
May 12th: Moored most of the day with some more anti-aircraft drills; temperatures 80s, light winds.
May 13th: Moored all day; temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
May 14th: Anchored all day; temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
There is a short interlude while preparations are made for the next New Guinea advance, to the Wakde area, scheduled for a few days hence.
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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.
US Navy operations continue in the Marshall Islands against atolls where Japanese troops remain.
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.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 481-482.
- 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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