| Fort Mills | |
|---|---|
Corregidor Island, Philippines | |
| Part of Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays | |
 Corregidor/Fort Mills with other forts inset | |
.svg)  Fort Mills Location in the Philippines | |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States |
| Site history | |
| Built | completed 1910 |
| Built by | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Battles/wars | |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Col. Paul D. Bunker |
| Garrison |
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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.[2][3] Most of this Coast Artillery Corps fort was built 1904–1910 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Taft program of seacoast defense. The fort was named for Brigadier General Samuel Meyers Mills Jr., Chief of Artillery 1905–1906.[4] It was the primary location of the Battle of Corregidor in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941–42, and of the recapture of Corregidor in February 1945, both in World War II.[5]
- ^ Morton, p. 478
- ^ Forts in the Philippines at American Forts Network
- ^ Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays at the Coast Defense Study Group
- ^ Fort and battery names at Corregidor.org
- ^ McGovern and Berhow 2003, pp. 7-12
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