<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-Starlight yafika ePearl Harbor ngo-August 10, 1944. Ngemva kokulungiswa okumbalwa nokugcwaliswa komkhumbi, i-Regimental Combat Team 32 ye-US Armys 7th Infantry Division yathunyelwa ukuyoqeqeshelwa ukuhlasela. Ngo-17 September 1944, wahamba ngomkhumbi eyohlasela i-Yap eCaroline Islands, kodwa le miyalo yakhanselwa ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili eshiye itheku. Imiyalo yakhe emisha yaqondisa umkhumbi ngeMarshall Islands nase-Admiralty Islands uya ePhilippines. Njengeyunithi ye-Attack Group Able, i-Starlight yafika amabutho eDulag beachhead esiqhingini sasePhilippine iLeyte ngo-20 Okthoba 1944 njengoba ukuhlasela kweLeyte  <response>: kwaqala. Lapho wonke amabutho esehlile eTransDiv 38, yahamba ngomkhumbi eya eHollandia, eNew Guinea, njengengxenye yomsebenzi wokubuyisa. I-Starlight yaphindela eLeyte ngomhlaka-18 Novemba 1944 nezikhali ezishintshelwa ezempi, ezathuthwa ngamahora ayisishiyagalombili ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa kwezindiza zaseJapane. I-Starlight yabulala izindiza ezimbili zaseJapane ngaphambi kokuthuthela eManus Island off New Guinea nase-Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville eSolomon Islands ukuyoqeqeshwa ama-Amphibians e-145th Regimental Combat Team ye-US Army 37th Infantry Division. I-Starlight yabuyela eManus ngomhlaka 21 Disemba 1944 futhi yaphuma ngasekupheleni kwenyanga neTask Group 79.1 eya eLuzon ePhilippines. 