U.S. Army Philippine Department

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U.S. Army major command military formation

The U.S. Army Philippine Department was a major U.S. Army command responsible for overseeing American military forces and defense operations in the Philippine Islands during the early 20th century, particularly before and during World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Philippine Department (U.S. Army) 1
U.S. Army Philippine Department canonical 1
U.S. Army in the Philippines 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army major command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
associatedWith Bataan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corregidor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manila Bay defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentOf U.S. overseas garrison system ⓘ
cooperatedWith United States Navy Asiatic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disestablishedAs separate department-level command after creation of USAFFE ⓘ
engagedAgainst Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonLocation Fort William McKinley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole frontline U.S. Army command in Western Pacific before World War II ⓘ
legacy precursor to later U.S. Army Pacific commands in the region ⓘ
notableCommander Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Grunert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonathan M. Wainwright NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucius R. Holbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw Philippine Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippine Scouts units ⓘ
U.S. Army garrisons in the Philippine Islands ⓘ
coastal defense of Manila Bay ⓘ
participatedIn Philippines campaign (1941–1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
United States Army Forces in the Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission administration of U.S. Army forces in the Philippines ⓘ
defense of U.S. territorial interests in the Philippines ⓘ
responsibleFor defense of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo U.S. Army Pacific commands NERFINISHED ⓘ
War Department (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported Philippine Commonwealth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippine Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippine Scouts → subordinateTo → U.S. Army Philippine Department ⓘ
Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State → focusesOn → U.S. Army Philippine Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army in the Philippines
Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays → partOf → U.S. Army Philippine Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Department (U.S. Army)
Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army → opposedBy → U.S. Army Philippine Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army in the Philippines