World War II
Within weeks of the U.S. entry into World War II, Fort Wint was ordered abandoned and its crews reassigned to other American positions in Manila Bay. Consequently the fort played no part in the subsequent siege of the island forts. Fort Wint was recaptured by U.S. forces in March 1945. Fort suffered substantial damage during the campaign to retake the Philippines .
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