Fort Drum - America's concrete battleship
After the United States acquired the Philippines from Spain during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Board of Fortifications recommended that important harbors be fortified. This led to the development of defenses on several islands at the mouth of Manila and Subic Bays. One of these was El Fraile Island which would later become Fort Drum, America’s concrete battleship. Fort Drum was finally tested in World War II. The whole time Fort Drum was under attack, it returned fire against the Japanese. The fort’s resistance continued even after the fall of Bataan on April 10, 1942 left Fort Drum and the other islands of the harbor defense as the last American forces in the Philippines. The guns of the concrete battleship dealt serious blows to Japanese forces assaulting the island of Corregidor, inflicting heavy casualties. Read more about America's concrete battleship, Fort Drum, here: http://ift.tt/2esEyzG For more subscribe: http://themghty.co/1jX7s5q Get more We Are The Mighty: http://ift.tt/12kFu2v http://ift.tt/1zGbKJ2 https://twitter.com/wearethemighty http://ift.tt/1rK2GnL http://ift.tt/1OrMLiI All music licensed through Jingle Punks
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