Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "De Haven" ya tashi daga Norfolk, Va. kuma ya isa Tongatapu, Tonga Islands, 28 Nuwamba 1942 don ya jagoranci wani jirgin ruwa na soja zuwa Guadalcanal don ya sauƙaƙe Marines wanda ya kasance a can tun lokacin da aka kai farmaki a watan Agusta. "De Haven" ya tsare jigilar kayayyaki daga Guadalcanal daga 7 zuwa 14 ga Disamba, sannan ya tashi daga Espiritu Santo da Nouméa a ci gaba da ayyukan Solomon Islands
Ka yi haƙuri. Ta yi sintiri a cikin ruwan Kudancin Solomons don dakatar da "Tokyo Express", ƙoƙari na dare don samar da sojojin Japan da ke fama da yaƙi a kan tsibirin da aka mamaye, kuma ya shiga cikin hare-haren biyu na tsibirin Kolombangara a watan Janairun 1943.