<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ukungena emanzini asePhilippines wavikela izithuthi ngesikhathi sokuhlasela  <response>: eDulag, eLeyte, ngo-Okthoba 20, 1944, ukudubula ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza zaseJapane njengoba kwakuthuthwa. Ngosuku olwandulela iMpi YaseLeyte Gulf, iBadger yaqapha ukuhoxiswa kwezithuthi ezingenalutho eziya eNew Guinea, kodwa yabuyela eLeyte ihambisa izinsiza maphakathi noNovemba. NgoDisemba, wafika eHuon Gulf, eNew Guinea, ukuze aqhube ukuhlolwa kokwehla kweLingayen, lapho ahamba khona ngoDisemba 27. NgoJanuwari 8, 1945, ngenkathi engena eLingayen Gulf, ibutho lakhe lahlaselwa ngamaJapane ama-kamikaze, elinye lawo lawela ku-. Ukuthuthwa kwezithuthi kwaqala ngoJanuwari 9, ngenkathi umlilo we-AA onembile we- Badger wasiza ukuvikela ukuthuthwa ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa kwezindiza ezivamile. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, yahambisa i-Kitkun Bay eya eSan Pedro Bay, lapho yona ngokwayo yathatha khona imisebenzi yokuqapha. NgoJanuwari 29, waqapha ukufika kwamasosha ogwini lwaseZambales enyakatho yeBataan. 