 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 23 January 1944, Stevenson akasiya Norfolk kuti abatane neU.S. 7th Fleet muSouthwest Pacific. Nguva pfupi asvika, akaona chiito chake chokutanga, achipa rutsigiro rwekupfura kwekumhara paLos Negros Island muAdmiralties musi waFebruary 29, 1944. Kwemwedzi mishanu yakatevera, akabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwakasimba pamhenderekedzo yeNew Guinea, achibatanidzwa pakumhara muHumboldt Bay muna April, kuWakde muna May, uye kuSansapor neNoemfoormuna July. Musi waAugust 20, Stevenson akabva kuNew Guinea kunobatana nePalau Islands invasion force. Yakanga ichishandiswa panguva yekumhara sechikwata chekutakura chinyorwa, zvose zviri munzira uye pachinangwa. Pakupera kwemabasa ePalau, akafamba musi waOctober 14 kuenda kuSeattle, Washington, nokuda kwekugadzirisa. 