During WW2, Fort Wint was part of the U.S. coastal defenses of the Philippines Islands. Grande Island, where Ft. Wint was located, guarded the entrance to Subic Bay and protected the Olongapo Navy Yard, the smaller of the two U.S. naval bases in the Philippines. In 1941, Fort Wint controlled mine-fields in the passages into Subic Bay. Fort Wint consisted of one battery of two 10-inch guns on disappearing mounts and two batteries of two 6-inch guns on disappearing mounts and two batteries of two 3-inch guns covered the minefields. There were also two 155mm GPF and two 75mm “beach defense” guns emplaced at Fort Wint.
It’s a big mystery why Fort Wint was ordered evacuated on December 23, 1941. If Fort Wint had not been imprudently abandoned, what would and could have been the impact on the fighting in the Philippines in 1941 and 1942?
It’s a big mystery why Fort Wint was ordered evacuated on December 23, 1941. If Fort Wint had not been imprudently abandoned, what would and could have been the impact on the fighting in the Philippines in 1941 and 1942?