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Fort Mills (Corregidor, the Philippines) was the location of US Major General George F. Moore's headquarters for the Philippine Department's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays in early World War II, and was the largest seacoast fort in the Philippines.
Corregidor, named Fort Mills, was the largest of four fortified islands protecting the mouth of Manila Bay and had been fortified prior to World War I with powerful coastal artillery. Some 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) across at its head, the tadpole-shaped island was 3.5 mi (3.0 nmi; 5.6 km) from Bataan. Its widest and elevated area ...
The last new armament in HD Manila Bay until 1940 was significant but small in quantity: Batteries Smith and Hearn at Fort Mills, completed in 1921. These had one 12-inch (305 mm) M1895 gun each on an M1917 long-range carriage, with an elevation of 35° and 360° of traverse, with range increased from 18,400 yd (16,800 m) on a disappearing ...
The retaking of the island, officially named Fort Mills, along with the bloody Battle of Manila and the earlier Battle of Bataan, marked the redemption of the American and Filipino surrender on 6 May 1942 and the subsequent fall of the Philippines.
The island's biggest area, which points towards the west Philippine Sea, rises prominently to a large flat area that is called "Topside".Beneath this was the fortified communications center of the island, as well as the location for the Army headquarters, barracks for enlisted men, a branch of the Philippine Trust Co. bank, the Cine Corregidor movie theater, officers' quarters, underground ...
Military history of the Philippines during World War II (4 C, 85 P) Pages in category "United States military in the Philippines" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
It was relieved in September 1921 from the 31st Coast Artillery Brigade. All elements of the regiment except the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Batteries A and B were inactivated on 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills. Batteries G and H were organized on 11 October 1922 with Philippine Scouts personnel at Fort Mills. The regiment was ...
After the war, the 51st Coast Artillery Regiment was stationed at various locations in the United States, including Fort MacArthur in California and Fort Sheridan in Illinois. In 1941, the regiment was stationed at Fort Mills in the Philippines, where it played a critical role in the defense of the islands against the Japanese during World War II.