U.S. Army Philippine Department

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The U.S. Army Philippine Department was a major U.S. Army command responsible for overseeing American military forces and defense operations in the Philippine Islands during the early 20th century, particularly before and during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army major command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
associatedWith Bataan ⓘ
Corregidor ⓘ
Manila Bay defenses ⓘ
componentOf U.S. overseas garrison system ⓘ
cooperatedWith United States Navy Asiatic Fleet ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disestablishedAs separate department-level command after creation of USAFFE ⓘ
engagedAgainst Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
garrisonLocation Fort William McKinley ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
historicalRole frontline U.S. Army command in Western Pacific before World War II ⓘ
legacy precursor to later U.S. Army Pacific commands in the region ⓘ
notableCommander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
George Grunert ⓘ
Jonathan M. Wainwright ⓘ
Lucius R. Holbrook ⓘ
oversaw Philippine Division ⓘ
Philippine Scouts units ⓘ
U.S. Army garrisons in the Philippine Islands ⓘ
coastal defense of Manila Bay ⓘ
participatedIn Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
United States Army Forces in the Far East ⓘ
primaryMission administration of U.S. Army forces in the Philippines ⓘ
defense of U.S. territorial interests in the Philippines ⓘ
responsibleFor defense of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo U.S. Army Pacific commands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army Pacific

War Department (United States) ⓘ
supported Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific theater of World War II ⓘ
Philippine Islands ⓘ

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Philippine Scouts → subordinateTo → U.S. Army Philippine Department ⓘ
Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State → focusesOn → U.S. Army in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army Philippine Department
Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays → partOf → Philippine Department (U.S. Army) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army Philippine Department
Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army → opposedBy → United States Army in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army Philippine Department
Fort Stotsenburg → partOf → United States Army Philippine Department ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army Philippine Department