<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - McNair akabva muNew York musi wa5 March 1944 achienda kuPacific. Pakazosvika 14 June, sechikwata cheDestroyer Squadron 54 DesRon 54, akanga ari muchiratidziro chezvikepe zvehondo izvo zvakazarura zvombo zvavo kurwisa zvivako zveJapan pamhenderekedzo yeSaipan. Kwemazuva 19 akatevera, yakapa rutsigiro rwemoto uye yakaita mapurisa anodzivirira ngarava dzepasi pemvura. Musi waJuly 3, akaparadzaniswa kubva kuTF 52 kuti aperekedze ngarava pakati peEniwetok neSaipan. Achibatanidza simba iroro musi wa25, akapa moto uye kuongorora rubatsiro nokuda kwekupinda kweTinian. Yakadzingwazve musi waAugust 2, McNair yakaenda kuGuadalcanal kunogadzirira basa rinotevera rokurwisa, Palaus. Kubva 6 kusvika 21 Gunyana, akatsigira mauto epasi achiita kutora nekugara kumaodzanyemba kwePalau ne counterbattery uye kutambudza moto. Pashure pehondo yeAngaur, yakaenda kumaodzanyemba kuManus Island, nzvimbo yokuronga nokuda kwokupinda kweLeyte  <response>: . 