Fort William McKinley

Fort William McKinley

Infobox Military Structure
name=Fort William McKinley
location=south of Manila in the Philippines


caption=Philippine Scouts at Fort McKinley firing a 37-mm. antitank gun in training
type=former US military facility
built=1901 (Filipino-American war)
materials=
used=1901-May 14, 1949
garrison=WWII: USAFFE Philippine Department & Philippine Division
1916-1918, 1920-tbd: 31st Infantry Regiment (United States)
current_commander=
commanders=
battles=

Fort William McKinley was a US military facility in the Philippines named for the US president assassinated in 1901. The facility was established during the Philippine-American War when the whole land south of Pasig River down to Alabang was declared a U.S. Military Reservation. The bulk of the USAFFE Philippine Division was stationed at Fort KcKinley. The fort conducted specialized artillery training under the National Defense Act of 1935.Fact|date=December 2007 After American recognition of independence, the facility became the home of the Philippine Army and later the Philippine Navy and became Fort Bonifacio.


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