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Authors

Abston, Aaron A., Captain

- Battery "G", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Globe"

Ames, Godfrey R., Captain

- Battery "C", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Chicago"

 

- Narrative History May 6, 1942

Barr, Edwin L., Captain.

 

- Battery "M", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Mobile"

Bogart, Charles M.

 

- Subic Bay & Fort Wint - Keys to Manila

 

- Carabao Island's Fort Frank 

 

- The  Doomed Philippine Inland Seas Defense Project

Case, Homer E., General

 

- Eyewitness  Statements as to War Damage to the Harbor Defenses of  Manila and Subic Bays - "The Case Report " - Appendix E

 

- Photographic Appendix to War Damage to the Harbor Defenses of  Manila - 77 Photographs

Cornwall, Paul R., Captain

 

- Battery "D", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Denver"

Dronenberger, C. S., 1st. Lt.

 

- Battery "L", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Lansing"

Feredo, Tony

 

- The Guns at Battery Grubbs

Gavito, Val

 

- The Lowering of the Flag - 6 May 1942

Gulick, John, Captain

 

- The Combat History of Battery "C", 91st C.A.(P.S.)  - "Cebu"

Hooper, Thomas G., Sgt

 

- "The Retaking of Fort Drum."

Hubbell, John G.

 

- The Great Manila Bay Silver Operation

Huff, Arthur E., Captain

 

- Battery "B", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Boston"

Kasler, Charles L., 2nd Lt.

 

- Battery "D", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Denver"

King, Ben E., Maj.
 

- Fort Drum - Report on Operations and Materials

McGrew, Al.

 

- "The Final Battle of Battery Morrison"

McMahon, Perry Reid, Lieutenant

 

- "The Rock Retaken"

 

- "Retaking Fort Wint"

 

- "The Fort Hughes Operation"

 

- "The Assault on Fort Drum"

 

- "The Fall of Fort Frank"

Medina, Sara Collins

 

- Salvaging a Silver Treasure

Moore, George F.., Major General

 

- Organization of the Coast Artillery in the Philippines

 

- Prewar Preparation and Peneral Condition of the Defenses

 

- The Conduct of the Campaign

 

- The Conclusion

Morton, Louis - Official History of the U.S. Army

 

The Fall of Corregidor

 

- The Harbor Defenses of Manila Bay

 

- The First Aerial & Artillery Attacks

 

- The Aerial Attacks

 

- The Artillery Bombardment

 

- Life Under Siege

 

- The Second Aerial Bombardment

 

The Last 27 Days

 

- The Preliminary Bombardment 

 

- Health and Food

 

- The Pre-Assault Bombardment

 

The Fall of Corregidor

Murphy, Thomas N.

 

- "Wild Bill's Memorial"

Ruhlen Jr., George, Col.

 

- "The Coast Artillery Years"

Schroer, Herbert W.

 

- Prisoner of the Emperor

Shiley, E. M., Captain

 

- Battery "I", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Indiana"

Sprengle, Eric

 

- Major "Wild Bill" Massello

Starr, Warren A., Captain

 

- Battery "H", 60th C.A. (A.A.),"Hartford"

 

- "My Years With The Military"

Welch, Shawn., Lt. Colonel

 

- "Rust in Peace. . . Why?"

Welteke, Karl.

 

- Index to Karl's Images

 

 

 

Official Histories - by sequence

The Harbor Defenses of Manila Bay

The First Aerial & Artillery Attacks

The Aerial Attacks

The Artillery Bombardment

Life Under Siege

The Second Aerial Bombardment

The Preliminary Bombardment

Health and Food

The Pre-Assault Bombardment

The Fall of Corregidor

   
   
Articles - by title

The Aerial Attacks -  Morton

The Artillery Bombardment -  Morton

The Assault on Fort Drum -  McMahon

The Coast Artillery Years - Ruhlen

The Preliminary Bombardment - Morton

Carabao Island's Fort Frank - Bogart

May 1942 ("The Moore Report") - Major Gen. George F. Moore

Eyewitness  Statements as to War Damage to the Harbor Defenses of  Manila and Subic Bays - ("The Case Report" Appendix E) - Gen. Homer E. Case

The Final Battle of Battery Morrison - A Debunking

The Fall of Corregidor - Morton

The Fall of Fort Frank - McMahon

Fort Drum - Report on Operations and Materials - Maj. Ben E. King

The Fort Hughes Operation - McMahon

The Great Manila Bay Silver Operation - Hubbell

The Guns at Battery Grubbs - Feredo

G.I.'s Philippine Scrapbook - Photo Collection

Health and Food - Morton

Life Under Siege - Morton

The Lowering of the Flag, 6 May 1942  - Gavito

Major "Wild Bill" Massello - Sprengle

Organization of the Coast Artillery in the Philippines ("The Moore Report") - Major Gen. George F. Moore

The Pre-Assault Bombardment - Morton

Pre-War Preparation and General Condition of the Harbor Defenses - ("The Moore Report") - Major Gen. George F. Moore

"Prisoner of the Emperor" -  Schroer

"Retaking Fort Wint" - McMahon

"Retaking of Fort Drum" - Hooper/Yank Magazine

"The Rock Retaken" - McMahon

"Rust in Peace. . . Why?" - Welch

Salvaging a Silver Treasure - Medina

The Second Aerial Bombardment - Morton

Subic Bay and Fort Wint - Keys to Manila - Bogart

"Wild Bill's Memorial" - Murphy

   
   
Battery Histories - by unit

Battery "I" , 59th C.A

Battery "B", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt. Arthur E. Huff

Battery "C", 60th C.A. (A.A.)

Battery "C", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt. G. R. Ames

Battery "D", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt. Paul R. Cornwall

Battery "D", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Lt. Charles L. Kasler

Battery "E", 60th C.A.

Battery "F", 60th C.A.  (A.A.)

Battery "G", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt. Aaron A. Abston

Battery "H", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt Warren A. Starr

Battery "I" , 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Capt. E. M. Shiley

Battery "L", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Pvt. Jeremy B. Leek

Battery "M", 60th C.A. (A.A.) - Lt. Col. E. L. Barr

Battery "C", 91st C.A. (P.S.) - Capt John Gulick

Fort Drum - Report on Operations and Materials - Maj. Ben E. King

   
   

Rosters, Personnel - by unit, as at 31 March 1942

59th Coast Artillery Corps  (PDF file 1.8 Meg)

60th Coast Artillery corps"  (PDF file 2.1 Meg)

Personnel, Ft. Mills  (PDF file 50K)

HQ & HQ Btry,  Harbor Defenses  (PDF file 45K)

 
 
Features - by name

Cebu

Cheney

Crockett

Drum

Geary

Grubbs

Hearn

Malinta

Ramsey

Wheeler

   
   
Forts - by name

Drum

Frank

Hughes

Mills 

Wint 

   
   
Japanese Forces - by topic

Artillery Order of Battle

Photographs (Japanese Sources)

   
   
Photographic Features - by name

Damage to the Harbor Defenses of  Manila - 77 Photographs

The Coast Artillery Years (1937 to 1940) - 167 Photographs from the Col. Ruhlen Collection

The Coast Artillery Years (OQMG Audit) - 72 Photographs

Fort Drum - 12 Photographs

The 4th Marines on Corregidor - 50 Photographs

Scrapping Continues on Corregidor

   
   
Unit Histories - by name

"Boston"

"Cebu"

"Chicago"

"Chicago"- The End Comes to "Chicago," May 6, 1942

"Denver" - Cornwall

"Denver" - Kasler

"Ft. Drum" - King

"Erie"

"Flint"

"Globe"

"Hartford"

"Idaho"

"Indiana"

"Lansing"

"Mobile"

   
 
 

"The Siege of Corregidor"

THE SIEGE

- The Official U.S. Army History by Louis Morton -  subsections include:-

The Harbor Defenses of Manila Bay 
The First Aerial and Artillery Attacks
The Aerial Attacks
The Artillery Bombardment
Life Under Siege
The Second Aerial Bombardment