PCAD - Fort William McKinley, Pacific War Memorial, Manila, Philippines

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - monuments

Designers: Dailey, Gardner A., Architect (firm); Gardner Acton Dailey (architect)

Dates: constructed 1947-1956

Aerial view of the Manila American Cemetery, with the Pacific War Memorial in the center, Manila Philippines, 2015. From Wikimedia Commons.org, photo by Iloilo Wanderer

Image of the World War II Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines, n.d. From Wikimedia Commons, photo from the American Battle Monuments Commission.gov

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Overview

This large circular monument honored American soldiers who died in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. San Francisco architect Gardner A. Dailey designed in the center of a 152-acre tract in a ring shape. From this central ring, concentric circular rows of graves emanated.

PCAD id: 699

Publications

"War Memorials", Architectural Forum, 91: 6, 100, 12/1949.

Fort William McKinley, Pacific War Memorial, Manila, Philippines (1947-1956)

Publications