Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Seeadler Harbor
October 14th:. At sea all day patrolling with the fleets.
Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
October 15th: For the first time the deck log entry contains the destination of Leyte, Philippines. Daly continues with the fleet all day. Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
October 16th: Underway all day. Several destroyers refueling from heavy cruisers in the fleet. Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
October 17th: Underway all day, refueled in the morning from cruiser Phoenix. Temperatures 70s-80s, light breezes.
Landings are conducted on the islands at the entrance to Leyte Gulf in an attempt to keep the element of surprise; however, a warning is transmitted by a station on one of the islands gives the Japanese a forewarning of the invasion.
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Riga, Latvia falls to the Soviets on the 15th. Soviet forces also attempt to enter East Prussia.
US forces begin a move toward Bologna, Italy.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 554-557.
- Leyte, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 100-122.
- Events of October, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, October 1944
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