Fort Hughes
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Fort Hughes was built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army on Caballo Island in the Philippines in the early 1900s. The fort, which part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, was n
Fort Hughes was armed with 14-inch (356 mm) M1910 guns like these shown firing at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California in 1931.
The fort had several 12-inch (305 mm) mortars sited at Battery Craighill
Corregidor
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Corregidor is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of Cavite City in the province of Cavite despite being closer
Fort Hughes
…surrender and the Japanese occupation. The Japanese were able to salvage the 3-inch guns of Battery Fuger and redeploy them at the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor. Also, Battery Idaho's four AA guns were redeployed to Clark Field. American forces retook the fort from the Japanese during the liberation of the…
Bottomside in 1982
The entrance to Malinta Tunnel
The surrender of U.S. forces at the Malinta Tunnel on May 6, 1942.
Memorial at Andersonville National Historic Site