Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
August 7th:. Moored all day at Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands. Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
August 8th:Underway at 3:30 PM for Sydney, Austrialia. Temperatures 80s, light breezes.
August 9th: At sea all day passing east of New Guinea. Temperatures 80s, moderate breezes.
August 10th: Moving south, stopped an Milne Bay, New Guinea to deliver some passengers there and pick up others going to Sydney; resumed course to Sydney for the rest of the day. Temperatures 70s-80s, light breezes.
-------------------------
Guam falls to US forces on the 10th.
As the cleanup continues in New Guinea, preparations are underway for the next step toward the Philippines. President Roosevelt has decided that the Philippines will be the next top priority in the Pacific War.
The next target - the island of Morotai - is scheduled for invasion on September 15th. Morotai is about 500 miles WNW of Biak Island. It is about half way to the Philippines.
-------------------------
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 520-523.
- New Guinea and the Marianas, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 133-145, 370-402.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 328-375.
- Events of August, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, August 1944
No comments:
Post a Comment