 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - anga achitora chikamu mu pre-invasion shelling yeLingayen Gulfmusi wa6 January. Mukati mokurwiswa nebhomba, yakava pasi pokurwiswa kwakakomba nendege dzeKamikaze, imwe yadzo yakarova zambuko, ichiuraya kaputeni wayo, vamwe 29 uye ichikuvadza 87. Mumwe wevane 30 vakaurawa mukurwiswa uku akanga ari Lieutenant General Herbert Lumsden. Akanga ari mukuru-mukuru muuto reBritain akafa muhondo yeHondo yeNyika II. Lumsden akanga ari mutungamiri wehurumende yeBritain Winston Chuchills personal liaison to the Supreme Commander of the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur. Musi waMay 12, akarwiswa nevakadzi vaviri vanozviuraya. Mumwe wavo akapinda maari; mumwe wacho akakwanisa kurova nebhomba rake. Yakatsva uye vashandi 54 vakaurayiwa, nepo vamwe 119 vakakuvadzwa. Pashure pehondo, New Mexico yakatengeswa nokuda kwechitsama muna 1947. 