Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a watan Nuwamba 1944, Robards ya kasance mai rediyo a cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske, jirgin ruwa na farko don mamaye Mindoro
a arewacin Philippines. A ranar 13 ga Disamba, wani jirgin sama kamikaze ya buge ta a tsibirin Negros a Philippines. Jirgin ya buga daya daga cikin bindigogi na inci biyar, yayin da bama-bamai biyu na jirgin suka sanya tsakiyar jirgin. Tare da wannan lalacewa da asarar rayuka 223, "Nashville" ya tilasta komawa Pearl Harbor sannan kuma zuwa Puget Sound Naval Shipyard a Bremerton, Washington, don gyarawa.