Kammala wannan jumla: "Starlight" ya isa Pearl Harbor a ranar 10 ga watan Agustan 1944. Bayan an yi gyare-gyare kaɗan kuma an ba da jirgin, an ba da umurni na 32 na Regimental Combat Team na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta 7th Infantry Division don horar da hare-haren amphibious. A ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1944, ta yi tafiya don mamaye Yap a Caroline Islands, amma an soke waɗannan umarni kwana biyu bayan ta bar tashar jiragen ruwa. Sabbin umarninta sun tura jirgin ta tsibirin Marshall da tsibirin Admiralty zuwa Philippines. A matsayin rukuni na Attack Group Able, "Starlight" ya sauko da sojoji a kan Dulag beachhead a tsibirin Leyte na Philippines a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1944 a matsayin
mamayewar Leyte ya fara. Lokacin da duk sojojin suka sauka daga TransDiv 38, sai ya tashi zuwa Hollandia, New Guinea, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin sake dawowa. "Starlight" ya koma Leyte a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba 1944 tare da maye gurbin wadanda suka mutu a yakin, wanda ya sauke a cikin sa'o'i takwas a karkashin harin iska na Japan. "Starlight" ya harbe jiragen saman Japan guda biyu kafin ya tashi zuwa tsibirin Manus daga New Guinea da Empress Augusta Bay daga Bougainville a tsibirin Solomon don horar da 'yan amphibious na 145th Regimental Combat Team na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta 37th. "Starlight" ya koma Manus a ranar 21 ga Disamba, 1944 kuma ya tashi a ƙarshen watan tare da Task Group 79.1 zuwa Luzon a Philippines.