Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
June 16th:
Anchored all day at Seeadler Harbor. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
June 17th: Again remained at anchor for the entire day. Temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
June 18th: Anchored all day. Temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
June 19th: Another day at anchor. This is the 7th full day in a row in port. Temperatures 80s-90s, light breezes.
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Landings continue in the Marianas at Saipan and the battle for the island begins. On the 19th, Japanese attacks on the US fleet damage several ships, but none severely. In the air, the Navy has superiority and is able to shoot down over 300 Japanese aircraft in one day. The Navy looks forward to an attack on the Japanese fleet on the 20th.
In Italy, Allied advances continue north of Rome, and the British have gone as far as Assisi by the 17th. Heavy fighting continues in Normandy also. Supply there was set back because of a major storm that damaged the Mulberry harbors and other equipment.
Iceland declared its independence from Denmark.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 498-500.
- New Guinea and the Marianas, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 123-133, 197-288.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 328-340.
- Events of June, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, June 1944
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