"manley" arrived at pearl harbor on 14 december 1943 and joined the v amphibious corps to prepare for operation flintlock, the invasion of the marshall islands. she sortied on 22 january 1944 with tf 52. on the 30th she and were detached to make a dawn strike on carter and cecil islands of kwajalein atoll. all boats and troops were launched shortly before sunrise on 31 january 1944, and by 09:00 reported that they had killed 13 of the enemy on the island at a cost of one american killed and one wounded.