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80-G-K-14228 USS New Mexico (BB-40) replenishes her ammunition supply prior to the invasion of Guam

Operation Forager, the U.S. invasion of the Mariana Islands during World War II, involved the movement and support of a fleet of ships and two corps of ground troops over extremely long distances.

Food

The Southern Attack Force, for the assault on Guam, was mounted from the South Pacific Area, so most of its initial complement of fresh provisions from New Zealand, while those for the Northern Attack Force, destined for the assault on Saipan and Tinian, came from Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. Once the operation was under way, resupply was from the West Coast though the bases in Hawaii, and on Majuro, Kwajalein and Eniwetok. Rations for Army units were drawn for Army stocks while those for the Navy and Marine Corps came from Navy stocks.

References

• Carter, Worrall Reed (1953). Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil. The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy. OCLC 781884. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
• Morison, Samuel Eliot (1953). New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944 – August 1944. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. VIII. Boston: Little Brown. OCLC 10926173.