Corregidor reinvented as exciting tourist destination

For its strategic location at the entrance of Manila Bay, Corregidor Island was historically fortified with coastal artillery to defend the capital from attacks by enemy warships.

During the American colonial period, then called Fort Mills, Corregidor was the largest of the islands that formed the harbor defenses of Manila Bay — along with Fort Drum (El Fraile Island), Fort Hughes (Caballo Island) and Fort Frank Carabao Island).