Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - "Starlight" rutere Pearl Harbor na 10 August 1944. Mgbe emechara ndozi ole na ole ma kwadebe ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, ndị agha nke 32 nke ndị agha nke 7 nke ndị agha nke United States malitere ọzụzụ maka mwakpo amphibious. Na 17 Septemba 1944, ọ banyere ụgbọ mmiri maka mwakpo nke Yap na Caroline Islands, mana iwu ndị a kagburu ụbọchị abụọ mgbe ọ hapụsịrị ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri. Iwu ọhụrụ e nyere ya bụ ka o si n'Agwaetiti Marshall na Agwaetiti Admiralty gawa Filipinz. Dị ka otu nke Attack Group Able, "Starlight" rutere ndị agha na Dulag beachhead na agwaetiti Philippine nke Leyte na 20 October 1944 dị ka mbuso agha nke Leyte
malitere. Mgbe ndị agha niile si na TransDiv 38 pụta, ọ gara Hollandia, New Guinea, dịka akụkụ nke ọrụ "ntụgharị". "Starlight" laghachiri Leyte na 18 Nọvemba 1944 na nnọchi maka ọgụ ọgụ, nke ọ kwụsịrị n'ime awa asatọ n'okpuru mwakpo ụgbọ elu ndị Japan. "Starlight" gburu ụgbọelu Japan abụọ tupu ha agaa Manus Island nke dị na New Guinea na Empress Augusta Bay nke dị na Bougainville na Solomon Islands maka ọzụzụ amphibious nke 145th Regimental Combat Team nke US Army's 37th Infantry Division. "Starlight" laghachiri na Manus na 21 Disemba 1944 wee pụọ na ngwụcha ọnwa ahụ na Task Group 79.1 maka Luzon na Philippines.