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===Battery names=== The name sources for the batteries at Fort Mills were:<ref>[http://corregidor.org/btty_histories/control/names_text.htm Order of Names at Corregidor.org]</ref> {| width=80% |- | {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} Fixed batteries: * Hearn - BG [[Clint Calvin Hearn|Calvin Hearn]], commander of HD Manila Bay in 1919 * Smith - BG Frank G. Smith, Field Artillery, retired 1903 * Way - 2nd. Lt. Henry Newell Way, killed in the [[Philippine–American War]] 1900 * Geary - Capt. Woodbridge Geary, killed in the Philippine–American War 1899 * Cheney - 1st. Lt. Ward Cheney, killed in the Philippine–American War 1900 * Wheeler - Capt. David Porter Wheeler, killed in the Philippines 1904 * Crockett - 2nd. Lt. Allen T. Crockett, killed in the Philippine–American War 1901 * Grubbs - 1st. Lt. Haydon Young Grubbs, killed in the Philippine–American War 1899 * Morrison - 1st. Lt. John Morrison, Jr., killed in the Philippine–American War 1901 * Ramsay - 1st. Lt. Charles R. Ramsay, killed in the Philippine–American War 1901 * James - 1st. Lt. John F. James, killed in the Philippines 1906 * Keyes - 2nd. Lt. Maxwell Keyes, killed in the Philippine–American War 1899 * Cushing - 1st. Lt. [[Alonzo Cushing]], killed in the American Civil War 1863 * Hanna - Capt. Guy G. B. Hanna, killed in an accident 1913 {{col-2}} 155 mm GPF batteries: * Martin - unknown * Hamilton (South) - Capt. Alvah H. Hamilton, killed at Fort Mills 2 January 1942 * Kysor (North) - Capt. Benjamin B. Kysor, Medical Corps, mortally wounded at Fort Mills 29 December 1941 * Rock Point - location on Corregidor * Sunset - location on Corregidor * Stockade - location on Corregidor * Monja - location on Corregidor * Concepcion - Barrio Concepcion on Corregidor * Levagood - 1st. Lt. George E. Levagood, killed at Fort Mills April 1942 {{col-end}} |} [[File:Battery Way.jpg|thumb|right|260px|{{convert|12|in|0|adj=on}} mortars of Battery Way in 2007]] [[File:12-in-Disappearing-Carriage-1896.jpg|thumb|right|260px|{{convert|12|in|0|adj=on}} gun on a disappearing carriage, generally similar to Batteries Cheney, Wheeler, and Crockett]] [[File:Battery Hearn, Corregidor Island (modern view).jpg|thumb|right|260px|{{convert|12|in|0|adj=on}} M1895 gun of Battery Hearn circa 2010]] [[File:Corregidor Landings May 1942.jpg|thumb|260 px|Japanese landings on Corregidor, 5–6 May 1942]] [[File:Corregidor gun.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Japanese troops celebrate the capture of Corregidor and the Philippines at Battery Hearn, May 1942]]
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