- Fort William McKinley
Infobox Military Structure
name=Fort William McKinley
location=south ofManila in thePhilippines
caption=Philippine Scouts at Fort McKinley firing a 37-mm. antitank gun in training
type=former US military facility
built=1901 (Filipino-American war)
materials=
used=1901-May 14, 1949
garrison=WWII:USAFFE Philippine Department &Philippine Division
1916-1918, 1920-tbd:31st Infantry Regiment (United States)
current_commander=
commanders=
battles=Fort William McKinley was a US military facility in the
Philippines named for the US president assassinated in 1901. The facility was established during thePhilippine-American War when the whole land south ofPasig River down to Alabang was declared a U.S. Military Reservation. The bulk of theUSAFFE Philippine Division was stationed at Fort KcKinley. The fort conducted specializedartillery training under theNational Defense Act of 1935 .Fact|date=December 2007 After American recognition of independence, the facility became the home of thePhilippine Army and later thePhilippine Navy and becameFort Bonifacio .
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