Kammala wannan jumla: "Elmore" ya tashi daga San Diego ranar 13 ga Janairu 1944 kuma ya sauko da sojoji da kayan aiki a cikin harin farko a Marshalls ranar 31 ga Janairu 1944. A farkon Fabrairu ta ba da rahoto ga Rundunar Sojoji ta 3 a Funafuti, Ellice Islands. Bayan horo a Solomons, ta shiga cikin
Jirgin ya sauka a tsibirin Emirau a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, kuma ya kai sojoji tsakanin Guadalcanal da New Guinea har zuwa ranar 3 ga Yuni. A ranar 4 ga watan ya tashi don mamaye Marianas.