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Part of this was a buildup of Philippine Commonwealth forces, and a projected deployment of coast artillery weapons manned by them in the central Philippines. In 1940-41 eight 8-inch (203 mm) railway guns and 24 155 mm (6.1 in) GPF guns were delivered to the Philippines, without crews as they were to be locally manned.
By the middle of March, the Japanese had moved heavy artillery into range, opening fire with 240mm siege howitzers, destroying Fort Drum's 3-inch antiaircraft battery, disabling one of the 6-inch guns, and damaging one of the armored casemates. Sizeable portions of the Fort's concrete structure were chipped away by the shelling.
The Harbor of Manila and Surrounding Areas. 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.
An artillery detachment from 81st Field Artillery under Captain Albert Price with 3 M1918 75mm Guns was to Lanao to provide fire support. It gave some confidence for General Guy Fort's 81st division. However, it didn't help to stop the rapid advance of the Japanese.
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41st Division PA USAFFE Shrine in Tagaytay near the Tagaytay Convention Center. The epitaphs have all the names of the 41st Division veterans, KIA, and MIA. Capas National Shrine which was the former location of the POW Camp in Camp O'Donnell; 41st Division Marker at the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor Island
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