 Lapham anozivikanwa nokuunza mamiriro ezvinhu ane ngozi evasungwa 513 veHondo nevasungwa vakanga vasara mumusasa weCabanatuan wevapoteri veJapan kune mauto eAmerica ayo akazoyambuka Luzon akananga kuManila muna Ndira 1945. Nhapwa dzehondo, dzakatorwa pashure pokuwa kweCorregidor neBataan muna 1942, hadzina kuendeswa kuJapan nokuti dzairangarirwa kuva dzakarwara zvikuru kana kuti dzisina kukodzera. Lapham ainetseka kuti vasungwa vehondo vaizourayiwa musasa usati wasunungurwa. Kunetseka kwake kwakanga kwakakodzera kupiwa mutemo weJapan weHurumende yeHondo yaAugust 1944 kune vatungamiri vemisasa yePOW vachirondedzera kugadziriswa kwekupedzisira kwevasungwa inozivikanwa se August 1 Kill-All Order, uye kuuraya kwevasungwa veAmerica veP 139 neJapan paPalawan, Philippines musi wa14 December 1944. Nhamburiko dzaLapham dzinotungamirira kumubato wokununura pana January 30, 1945, nenhengo 121 dze6th Ranger Battalion yeU.S. Army, uye zvikwata zviviri zveAlamo Scouts, avo vakafamba shure kwemitsetse yevavengi, vakabvisa mauto eJapane achidzivirira musasa, vakasunungura vasungwa vawo 513 ndokuvadzosera kumitsetse yeAmerica. 