 Kupinda mumvura dzePhilippine iye akadzivirira zvikepe zvinotakura vanhu pakumhara paDulag, Leyte, musi wa20 October 1944, achipfura kuti adzivise kurwiswa nendege dzeJapan sezvo kurodha zvinhu kwaienderera mberi. Pamberi peHondo yeLeyte Gulf, Badger akachengetedza kutama kwevatakuri vasina chinhu kuNew Guinea, asi akadzokera kuLeyte achitakura zvigadziridzo pakati paNovember. Muna December, yakashuma muHuon Gulf, New Guinea, nokuda kwokudzidzira kwekumhara kweLingayen, iyo yakafamba nayo musi waDecember 27. 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. 