Kammala wannan jumla: An kammala gyaran "Saratoga" a ranar 2 ga Janairu 1944 kuma ta isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 7 ga Janairu. Jirgin ruwan, yanzu jirgin ruwa na Rear Admiral Samuel Ginder, kwamandan Task Group 58.4, ya tashi daga Pearl Harbor a ranar 19 ga watan Janairu tare da "Princeton", don tallafawa mamaye tsibirin Marshall da aka shirya za a fara a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu. Ƙungiyar jirgin sama a wannan lokacin ta ƙunshi 36 Hellcats na VF-12, 24 Dauntlesses na VB-12 da takwas Avengers na VT-8. A matsayin wani ɓangare na ayyukan farko, jiragen sama daga Task Group sun kai hari kan filayen jirgin sama a Wotje da Taroa a ranar 29 zuwa 31 ga Janairu, tashoshin rediyo a Rongelap da Utirik Atoll a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, sannan suka kai hari kan Engebi, babban tsibiri a Eniwetok Atoll, daga 3 zuwa 6 ga Fabrairu, suka sake cikawa, kuma suka sake kai hari kan tsaron Japan a Eniwetok daga 10 zuwa 12 ga Fabrairu. Sun bayar da tallafin iska a duk lokacin da aka yi
Yaƙin Eniwetok wanda ya fara a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu tare da sauka a Engebi kuma ya ci gaba har sai an sami tsibirin a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu. Daga nan sai suka kare sojojin Allied a can har zuwa ranar 28 ga watan Fabrairun lokacin da jiragen sama na kasa suka dauki wannan rawar.