sentences:  Loading troops and supplies, the transport sailed for Pearl Harbor on two voyages to aid in the Navy's great push across the Pacific, arriving there for the second time 27 February.At Pearl Harbor it was decided to convert "Gosper" into a much-needed casualty evacuation transport, and she was furnished with operating rooms and other hospital facilities.The ship was to take part in the historic Okinawa invasion, and departed Pearl Harbor 18 March for Ulithi, where she arrived 31 March.