Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
July 26th:. Another day in port at Seeadler Harbor. Temperatures 80s, light winds.
July 27th: Left port and sailed all day, anti-aircraft exercises in morning. Temperatures 80s, light breezes.
July 28th: Continuing to sail with fleet; more anti-aircraft exercises during the day. Temperatures 80s, light to moderate breezes.
July 29th: Continuing to sail westward; fleet destination is the final invasion planned for New Guinea, on Cape Sansapor and nearby islands. This invasion is the final step before jumping off for the Philippines. Temperatures 80s, light breezes.
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Fighting continues on Biak, Noemfoor, and other locations across northern New Guinea.
President Roosevelt meets with
Nimitz and MacArthur in Honolulu to discuss future war strategy. MacArthur wins Roosevelt's approval for his plan to move next to the Philippines.
In the Marianas, fighting continues on Guam and Tinian.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 516-517.
- New Guinea and the Marianas, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 133-143, 357-370.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 328-374.
- Events of July, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, July 1944
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