Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Shakedown zuru ezu, "Catoctin" kpochapụrụ Norfolk 5 March 1944 maka Algiers, ebe ọ kọrọ na March 19 dị ka ọkọlọtọ maka Ọchịagha, 8th Fleet. Ọ nọgidere na Algiers na mgbe e mesịrị Oran ruo July 8, mgbe ọ gara Naples, Italy. Na July 24, na Naples, Eze George nke Isii nke United Kingdom gara n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. Ruo ọnwa ole na ole, "Catoctin" bụ isi ụlọ ọrụ maka ịhazi mwakpo nke Ndịda France
Na 13 Ọgọstụ, o siri Naples gawa maka mwakpo ahụ, na-ebu Secretary nke Navy James Forrestal, na ndị ọchịagha nke ndị agha nke asaa, VI Corps, 12th Air Force, na French Naval Forces.