English: To the seashore of San Jose came the Visayan Attack Force.

This was divided into the Mindoro attack group under Admiral Arthur D. Struble, the Close Covering Group under Rear Admiral Russell S. Berkey, and the Motor Torpedo Boat Group under Lt. Com. N. Burt Davis, on the 15 December 1944.

Included were 11,878 combat troops; 9,578 army air force; and 5,901 Service troops under the command of General William C. Dunkel who prepared the airport for the landing of air forces for the landing at Lingayen, Pangasinan to free Luzon.

In connection with the above is the recognition of a group of Filipino guerrillas which include Major Ramon Ruffy, Major Sofronio Untalan and Captain Lawrence Cooper. These groups fought against the Japanese Force in Mindoro.

The monument pictured on the right is a short distance past the road leading to the Airport.

After the defeat of the American Forces in Corregidor Macarthur went to Australia in 1942. While there he planned to land in Leyte then in Mindoro - but the Pentagon believed that Mindoro was too risky and overruled Macarthur.

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