 The attack transport put ashore her battle-garbed marines on the Asan beaches on the northern shores of Guam.After the capture of the Marianas, the Navy turned its attention to the Western Caroline Islands.Fast carrier task forces ranged a wide area prior to the landings at Peleliu, Palau Islands, and Morotai, in the Netherlands East Indies, diverting or destroying Japanese forces that might have attempted to interfere with the invasion.