History
The establishment of the Islands of Manila bay as military reservations was requested by Army President Theodore Roosevelt and enacted by Executive Order on April 11, 1902.
On Feb 21, 1942, thirty four soldiers were killed by Japanese Artillery when a round ricocheted into a tunnel at Fort Frank.
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