Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupinda mumvura dzePhilippine iye akadzivirira kutakura muzvikwata zvekurwisa
paDulag, Leyte, musi wa20 October 1944, vachipfura kuti vadzivise kurwiswa nendege dzeJapan sezvo kurongedza kwaienderera mberi. Pamberi peHondo yeLeyte Gulf, "Badger" akachengetedza kutama kwevatakuri vasina chinhu kuNew Guinea, asi akadzokera kuLeyte achitakura zvigadziridzo pakati paNovember. Muna December, akazivisa muHuon Gulf, New Guinea, nokuda kwekudzidzira kweLingayen landings, iyo yaifamba musi wa 27 December. Musi wa 8 Ndira 1945, paakapinda muLingayen Gulf, simba rake rakarwiswa neJapan "kamikazes", imwe yacho yakadonha mu. Kuburitswa kwekutakura kwakatanga 9 Ndira, nepo "Badger" chaiyo AA moto yakabatsira kuchengetedza kuburitswa panguva yekurwiswa kwemauto emuvengi. Mazuva maviri gare gare, akaendesa "Kitkun Bay" kuSan Pedro Bay, uko iye pachake akatora mabasa okufambisa. Musi wa 29 Ndira, akachengetedza mauto paZambales pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kuchamhembe kweBataan.