 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati memaawa 48 McGowan akanga ari munzira kuenda kuHollandia, uko akaongorora makondirakiti kuenda kuPhilippines kutozosvikira pashure pokumhara kweMindoro muna December. Akafamba nechikepe achienda kuLingayen Gulf, musi wa11 January 1945, kuti apinde muhondo yeLuzon. Sechikamu chechidzitiro chinorwisa ndege paSan Fabian beachhead, akadzivisa ndege dzekuzviuraya dzeJapan Special Attack Corps kusvika musi wa14, paakadzokera kubasa rekufambisa. 