Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Elmore" ya tashi daga San Diego 13 Janairu 1944 kuma ya sauko da sojoji da kayan aiki a cikin harin farko a kan Marshalls 31 Janairu 1944. A farkon Fabrairu ta ba da rahoto ga Rundunar Sojoji ta 3 a Funafuti, Ellice Islands. Bayan an horar da shi a Solomon Islands, ya shiga cikin saukowa a tsibirin Emirau
Afrilu 11, kuma ya dauki sojojin tsakanin Guadalcanal da New Guinea har zuwa Yuni 3. A ranar 4 ga watan ya tashi don mamaye Marianas.