Ka cika wannan jumla: San Jose ya yi fice a tarihin Philippines domin rawar da ya taka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Sojojin ruwan Amurkawa karkashin jagorancin Janar Douglas MacArthur sun shirya abin da ake kira "Saukowa ta biyu" a rairayin bakin teku na San Jose (wanda aka sani da "Na Farko" shi ne sanannen Leyte Landing) a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1944, don dawo da tsibirin Philippine daga Jafananci (ƙungiyar
Yaƙin Mindoro). Tabbatar da San Jose da duk tsibirin Mindoro sun tabbatar da ƙuduri a cikin burin dawo da Manila da Luzon, da kuma nasarar da sojojin Philippine da Amurka suka yi wa sojojin Japan.