Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Saratoga's refit yakapedzwa musi wa 2 January 1944 uye akasvika kuPearl Harbor musi wa 7 January. Ngarava yacho, iye zvino iri ngarava huru yaRear Admiral Samuel Ginder, mutungamiri weTask Group 58.4, yakabva kuPearl Harbor musi wa19 January ne"Princeton", kutsigira kupindirwa kweMarshall Islands kwakarongwa kutanga musi wa1 February. Boka rake remhepo panguva ino raive ne36 Hellcats yeVF-12, 24 Dauntlesses yeVB-12 uye masere Avengers yeVT-8. Sechikamu chezviitiko zvekutanga, ndege kubva kuTask Group dzakarwisa nhandare dzendege paWotje neTaroa musi wa29 kusvika 31 Ndira, nhepfenyuro paRongelap neUtirik Atoll musi wa1 Kukadzi, ndokurwisa Engebi, chitsuwa chikuru paEniwetok Atoll, kubva musi wa3 kusvika 6 Kukadzi, vakazadza mafuta, uye vakarwisa dziviriro dzeJapan paEniwetok zvakare kubva musi wa10 kusvika 12 Kukadzi. Ivo vakapa rutsigiro rwemhepo mukati menguva yose
Hondo yeEniwetok iyo yakatanga musi wa 17 Kukadzi nekumhara paEngebi uye yakaramba ichipfuurira kusvikira zvitsuwa zvachengetedzwa musi wa 24 Kukadzi. Ivo ipapo vakadzivirira mauto eAllied ikoko kutozosvikira 28 February apo ndege dzomunyika dzakatora basa iroro.