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	Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays (formerly, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays) were part of the US Army's Philippine Department, prior to, and during, World War II.
		Chief of Coast Artillery Major General Joseph A. Green had recommended reassigning elements of the Harbor Defenses to anti-aircraft duty, but this proposal was rejected.
		Manila and Subic Bays were mined by the Asiatic Fleet, stationed in Manila Bay.
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	Wainwright Papers - The Moore Report - Part A
		Critical areas on the island from a defensive standpoint were Cheney Ravine which offered an approach to Topside, James and Ramsey Ravines leading to Middleside and the Bottomside areas with their beaches, docks, warehouses and utilities, and the beaches on the tail of the island.
		The Harbor Defenses for Subic Bay were at Fort Wint on Grande Island, and barred the channel leading into the bay.
		At the other three Manila Bay forts, calibers varied from 3-in to 14-in while at Fort Wint the heaviest guns were 10-in.
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	Beach Bar Hampton Bays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays 1: ormerly, '''Coast Defenses''' of Manila and Subic Bays) were part of the United States ArmyUS Army ' 13: Manila and Subic Bays were Naval minemine d by the Asiatic Fleet]
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	Philippine Scouts Heritage Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My first military assignment on graduating from West Point in 1940 was to the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays on Corregidor...
		After the dependents were evacuated, all the personnel of the 91st and 93rd CA (PS) worked around the clock planting the largest controlled mine field in history in Manila Bay.
		When the Japanese landed on Luzon, we were ordered to move from Subic Bay to Bataan Peninsula, changing positions frequently and suffering loses of American officers and Scouts due to air attacks, which got me my first Purple Heart.
	www.philippine-scouts.org /Articles/shoss.html (480 words)

	Wainwright Papers - The Moore Report - Part A
		The Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays consisted of four fortified islands (Corregidor, Caballo, El Fraile, and Carabao) at the entrance of Manila Bay and one fortified Island (Grande) at the entrance of Subic Bay.
		The troops assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays prior to the war consisted of approximately 150 officers, 2000 American enlisted men and 1200 Philippine Scouts.
		A detachment of 800 civil prisoners from Bilibid Prison, Manila, was maintained on Corregidor as a labor unit.
	corregidor.org /chs_moorerpt/moore1.htm (1764 words)

	Wainwright Papers - The Moore Report - Part C
		That afternoon, the Navy concurred with the decision of the Harbor Defense Commander to extinguish the light houses on Corregidor, Fort Hughes, and Monja Island.
		It was assigned by USAFFE to the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays and the regiment was given the mission of manning the beach defenses of Corregidor.
		The Harbor Defense Commander issued an official Commendation to the "Officers and Men of the Antiaircraft Defense Command" for the performance of all elements of the command during the bombing raids on 29 December 1941.
	www.corregidor.org /chs_moorerpt/moore3.htm (11861 words)

	USAFFE - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		USAFFE Headquarters was created on July 26, 1941, at No.1, Calle Victoria, Manila, Luzon, the Philippines, with Major General MacArthur as commander.
		On July 25, Secretary of War Stimson requested that President Roosevelt issue orders calling the military forces of the Commonwealth into active service for the United States.
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	Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This command included Fort Hughes (Caballo) Fort Drum (El Fraile) and Fort Frank (Carabao); at the entrance to Manila Bay ; as well as Fort Wint (Grande Island) at the entrance to Subic Bay.
		Chief of Coast Artillery Major General Joseph A. Green had recommended reassigning elements of the Defenses to anti-aircraft duty but this proposal was rejected.
		War Department had been intending to send three AA regiments and two brigade headquarters however this was not accomplished the Japanese invasion in December of 1941.
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		Harbor Beach, Michigan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Harbor Beach, Michigan.
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	Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chief of Coast Artillery Major General Joseph_A._Green had recommended reassigning elements of the Harbor Defenses to anti-aircraft duty, but this proposal was rejected.
		The War_Department had been intending to send three additional AA regiments and two brigade headquarters, however this was not accomplished before the Japanese invasion in December of 1941.
		Manila and Subic Bays were mined by the Asiatic_Fleet, stationed in Manila_Bay.
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	HyperWar: History of USMC Operations in WWII, Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal [Appendix H]
		The Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays and Naval and Marine Corps units serving therein, United States Forces in the Philippines, are cited for outstanding performance of duty in action, during the period from March 14 to April 9, 1942, inclusive.
		All personnel attached to and serving with the SIXTH Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Reinforced, consisting of the SIXTH Defense Battalion, attached personnel of the Third Defense Battalion, 22nd and 23rd Provisional Marine Companies and "C" and "D" Companies of the Second Raider Battalion are authorized to war the NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION Ribbon.
		The NINTH Defense Battalion aided in spearheading the attack of the Army Corps operating on New Georgia and, despite heavy losses, remained in action until the enemy was routed from the island.
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	Philippine Department - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		7,293 troops were assigned to the infantry and 4,967 were assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays.
		Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays (5,360)
		Categories: Military history of the Philippines during World War II
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Department (372 words)

	Wainwright Papers - The Moore Report - Part D
		The landing attack against Corregidor was made by superior number of Japanese all of whom were veterans of many Malayan landing operations.
		The Japanese had been forced to defeat a field army to spend five months softening the defenses of the fortified islands, and to make a costly landing in Corregidor, in order to capture a few outmoded seacoast batteries.
		These batteries had denied the entrance to Manila Bay to the enemy throughout this period and thus had prevented him from completing and exploiting, to the fullest extent, his conquest of the Philippines.
	corregidor.org /chs_moorerpt/moore4.htm (212 words)

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	CD ROM 1
		The engineer assigned to each harbor defense kept a notebook on the defense structures that were located in a given harbor defense.
		These annexes/supplements furnished a concise record of the status both of existing harbor defense fortification construction and equipment, and of new or modified construction which has been approved by the War Department for future accomplishment, and made available information of a technical and tactical nature which is not otherwise available in usable form.
		Not surprisingly, the larger harbor defenses tended to have the larger annexes.
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		Harbor Defenses of Charleston, Ft Moultire, SC Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay, Ft Monroe, Va Harbor Defenses of Columbia River, Ft Stevens, Ore
		Harbor Defenses of Eastern NY, Ft Totten, NY Harbor Defenses of Galveston, Ft Crockett, Tex
		Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, Ft Mills, PI Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay, Ft Adams, RI Harbor Defenses of New Bedford, Ft Rodman, Mass
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	From Shanghai to Corregidor: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines (Corregidor/First Bombing)
		From Shanghai to Corregidor: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines (Corregidor/First Bombing)
		FROM SHANGHAI TO CORREGIDOR: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines
		At 0800, 29 December, Colonel Howard reported to Major General George F. Moore, commanding the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays.
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		Cover defenses of Corregidor incling official log, 7 Dec 41-7 Feb 42, and personal diary, 8 Dec 41-27 Mar 42.
		He served as opns officer, Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays.
		Incls "Report of Major General...Commanding the Philippine Coast Artillery Command and the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays...".
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	Endnotes for Chapter I
		He had only recently finished a tour of duty in the Philippines as commander of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays.
		While there, he had taken it upon himself to recommend the same policy, somewhat prematurely, for though his immediate superior, the commanding general of the Philippine Department, had indorsed his recommendation, the War Department had been unwilling to force the issue.
		They also noted that Simpson Harbor at Rabaul might well be made the base of operations against the mandated islands.
	www.army.mil /CMH-PG/books/wwii/SP1941-42/ench1.htm (1129 words)

	content 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A History of the Modern Coastal Defenses of Charleston, South Carolina Part II: The Harbor Defenses of Charleston in World War II.
		The Fourth Naval District and the Defense of Delaware Bay 1940 to 1945.
		The Defenses of the Lower Mobile Bay, by Dale Manuel.
	www.cdsg.org /content3.htm (1245 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Captain Ben Ewing King served as a Captain and Battery Commander on Corregidor (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays) for over ten months immediately prior to the War.
		During the war he was Battery Commander of the first primary sea coast battery to ever open fire on the enemy in the history of the United States of America.
		Philippine Liberation Medal, Philippine Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Silver Star Medal, Presidential Unit Citation with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart Medal.
	www.concretebattleship.org /King_02.htm (137 words)

	POW Diary of Captain George Steiger
		I commanded D Battery of the 2nd Battalion at Fort Cronkhite, which was across the Golden Gate Bridge and was part of the San Francisco Harbor Defenses.
		I usually stayed at the Manila Hotel on Dewey Blvd. About Thanksgiving day I purchased in Manila the things I sent home for Xmas, i.e., the carved Burmese heads, pina tablecloth and luncheon set, linen purses etc. The total cost of these lovely things was around $50.00 gold.
		Also due to the fact that Pearl Harbor was attacked a week before, many parents of these college students told their children to come home.
	www.fsteiger.com /gsteipow.html (18658 words)

	content 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Land Defense for the Coast Defenses of Manila Bay 4
		The Coastal Defenses of Kauai, T.H., 1942-1944 66
		Japanese Early-Modern Coastal Defenses: Hakodate and Maizuru 72
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	Defensas del puerto de las bahías de Manila y de Subic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Las defensas del puerto de las bahías de Manila y de Subic (antes, las defensas de costa de Manila y las bahías de Subic) eran parte del departamento filipino del ejército de los E.E.U.U., antes, y durante, de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
		Las bahías de Manila y de Subic fueron minadas por la flota asiática, colocada en la bahía de manila.
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