Fort Mills

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United States Army fort coastal defense fortification

Fort Mills is the former U.S. Army coastal defense fortification that occupied most of Corregidor Island in the Philippines and played a key role in World War II’s Pacific theater.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Mills canonical	14
Fort Mills garrison area	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army fort ⓘ coastal defense fortification ⓘ
armedWith	12-inch coast defense guns ⓘ 12-inch mortars ⓘ 155 mm guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
attackedBy	Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese forces
builtBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
builtDuring	American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ
constructionBegan	1904 ⓘ
controlledBy	United States Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentUse	historic site ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
defended	entrance to Manila Bay ⓘ
garrison	United States Coast Artillery Corps ⓘ surface form: United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
hasPart	Battery Crockett ⓘ Battery Geary ⓘ Battery Hearn ⓘ The Battery ⓘ surface form: Battery Ramsey Battery Smith ⓘ Battery Way ⓘ Battery Wheeler ⓘ Bottomside ⓘ Malinta Tunnel ⓘ Middleside ⓘ Topside ⓘ
heritageDesignation	war memorial site on Corregidor Island ⓘ
locatedIn	Manila Bay ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
locatedOn	Corregidor ⓘ surface form: Corregidor Island
locatedOnFeature	rocky island plateau ⓘ
namedAfter	Brigadier General Samuel Myers Mills Jr. ⓘ
notableFor	extensive tunnel system ⓘ heavy coastal artillery batteries ⓘ role in last-ditch defense of the Philippines in 1942 ⓘ
partOf	Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Battle of Corregidor (1942) ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ World War II ⓘ
recapturedBy	United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States forces
recaptureOccurredIn	1945 ⓘ
status	former military installation ⓘ
strategicImportance	key stronghold in defense of the Philippines ⓘ
surrenderedOn	1942-05-06 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Japan ⓘ
usedFor	artillery fortification ⓘ coastal defense ⓘ harbor defense ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Corregidor → alsoKnownAs → Fort Mills ⓘ

Battle of Corregidor (1942) → fortifications → Fort Mills ⓘ

Manila Bay → hasFortification → Fort Mills ⓘ

defense of Manila Bay → fortification → Fort Mills ⓘ

Malinta Tunnel → partOf → Fort Mills ⓘ

Fall of Corregidor → hasFortifications → Fort Mills ⓘ

Fort Frank → nearby → Fort Mills ⓘ

Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays → hasPart → Fort Mills ⓘ

Battery Crockett → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Battery Geary → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Battery Smith → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Battery Wheeler → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Topside → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Middleside → locatedIn → Fort Mills ⓘ

Middleside → partOf → Fort Mills ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Mills garrison area