World War II
Battery Way played a very limited role during the Philippines Campaign in the Spring of 1942, only becoming active in the last week of the battle. Three of Battery's four mortars were fired for the first time on April 28th against Japanese positions on nearby Bataan. Its exposure to Japanese artillery, air attack, and its limited supply of high explosive shells greatly diminished its effectiveness. By the time of the Japanese landings on Corregidor island only one mortar tube of Battery Way remained serviceable, the other two having been damaged beyond repair by Japanese artillery.
The battery was manned by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor in 1942. The guns were permanently damaged during the retaking of Corregidor by U.S forces in early 1945.
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