<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Starlight yakasvika paPearl Harbor pana 10 August 1944. Pashure pokugadziridza zvishomanene uye ngarava yacho yave ichigoverwa, Regimental Combat Team 32 ye7th Infantry Division yeU.S. Army yakatanga kurovedza kurwisa kweamphibious. Musi wa17 September 1944, akaenda kunopinda muYap muCaroline Islands, asi izvi zvakadzimwa mazuva maviri abva pachiteshi. Mirayiridzo yake itsva yakaita kuti ngarava yacho iende kuPhilippines ichipfuura neMarshall Islands neAdmiralty Islands. Sechikamu cheAttack Group Able, Starlight yakadzika mauto paDulag beachhead pachitsuwa chePhilippine cheLeyte musi wa20 Gumiguru 1944 sekupinda kweLeyte  <response>: rakatanga. Apo mauto ose akanga aburuka kubva kuTransDiv 38, yakaenda kuHollandia, New Guinea, sechikamu chekutendeuka-kutenderera kushanda kwekugovera. Starlight yakadzokera kuLeyte musi wa18 November 1944 ichitsiva vakakuvadzwa muhondo, iyo yakaburitsa mumaawa masere pasi pekurwiswa nendege kweJapan. Starlight yakadonhedza ndege mbiri dzeJapan isati yaenda kuManus Island kure neNew Guinea uye Empress Augusta Bay kure neBougainville muSolomon Islands nokuda kwokurovedza amphibious kwe145th Regimental Combat Team ye37th Infantry Division yeU.S. Army. Starlight yakadzokera kuManus musi wa 21 December 1944 ndokubva yasimuka mukupera kwemwedzi iwoyo neTask Group 79.1 kuenda kuLuzon muPhilippines. 