Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 8 ga Yuli, "Melvin" ya tashi zuwa Eniwetok a matsayin wani ɓangare na allon jigilar kayayyaki da ke ɗauke da sojoji zuwa Guam, sannan ta bincika jigilar kayayyaki da masu mai daga 22 ga Yuli zuwa 7 ga Agusta. Bayan shirye-shirye a Guadalcanal, daga 8 zuwa 21 ga Satumba ya shiga cikin kamawa da kuma mamaye kudancin tsibirin Palau kafin ya shiga TG 33.19 don mamaye Ulithi. Bayan ya raka LSTs zuwa Hollandia, ya isa tsibirin Manus don shirya don mamaye Leyte
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